[Y]it haue vvee one thing in our ſelues and of our ſelues, (euen originall ſinne, concupiſcence or luſt) vvhich neuer ceaſeth too egge vs and allure vs from God, and too ſtaine vs vvith all kinde of vnclennes: […]
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Concupiscence
/kənˈkjuːpɪsəns/
Synonyms for "concupiscence" (86 found)
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andromaniaanimalityaphrodisiaardorbawdinessbiological urgebodily appetitecarnal desirecarnalityclitoromaniacuriositydesiderationdesiredirtinessdriveeagernesseromania
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eroticismeroticomaniaeroticomaniacerotismerotomaniafancyfantasyfleshlinessfleshly lustfuror uterinusgoatishnessgynecomaniahopehormehorninesshot bloodhot pantshysteromaniaindecencyinfantile sexuality
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lewdnesslibidinousnesslibidolickerishnesslubriciousnesslubricitylustlust for learninglustfulnessmindneednymphomaniaobscenitypassionpleasurepleasure principlepolymorphous perversitypruriencepruriencyrandiness
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salaciousnesssalacitysatyriasissatyrismsensualitysexinesssexual desiresexual longingsexual passionsexualitythirst for knowledgeurgeuteromaniavenereal appetitewantwantingwaywillwill and pleasurewishwish fulfillment
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physical attractionsexual desire
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for as St. Jerome observes, it is to shew that the true Christian not setting his heart upon the goods of the Earth, ought to trample under foot, all Avarice and immoderate concupiscence of corruptible riches: […]
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Poor Miss Tita's sense of her failure had produced an extraordinary alteration in her, but I had been too full of my literary concupiscence to think of that. Now I perceived it; I can scarcely tell how it startled me.
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He was torn by two intense and conflicting desires: his ardent wish to advance through his association with Mr. Browning, and his concupiscence.
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