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- noun obsolete
lewdness ,fornication
Etymologies
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Late Latin scortation-, from Latin scortat-, the past participle stem of scortari ("associate with prostitutes"), from scortum ("prostitute").
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ADULTERY, by, is meant scortation opposite to marriage, 480.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730
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