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23 words match “ADULTERY”

SPOUSE-BREACH n.

Adultery. [Obs.]

Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate and unclean affections." Perkins. -- Un*clean"ly, adv. -- Un*clean"ness, n. Unclean animals (Script.), those which the Israelites were forbidden to use for food. -- Unclean spirit (Script.), a wicked spirit; a demon. Mark i. 27.

Avenger. [Obs.] The stork, the wrekere of avouterye [adultery]. Chaucer.