| 单词 | fornication |
| 释义 | ▪ I. fornication1|fɔːnɪˈkeɪʃən|
[a. OF. fornication, -acion, f. late L. fornicātiōn-em, n. of action f. fornicārī: see fornicate and -ation.]
Voluntary sexual intercourse between a man (in restricted use, an unmarried man) and an unmarried woman. In Scripture extended to adultery.
a1300Cursor M. 27938 Þis sin [lechery] has branches fele..fornicacion es an. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 7352 ‘Fornycacyoun’ [ys], whan two vnweddyde haue mysdoun. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 57 King David..felle into avowtry and fornicacion with her. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxxiv. 251 Takynge of fynes of preestis for cryme of fornycacion. 1535Coverdale Matt. v. 32 Whosoeuer putteth awaye his wyfe (except it be for fornicacion). 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. v. i. 195 Shee..accuses him of Fornication. 1779Johnson 10 Oct. in Boswell, Fornication is a crime in a single man. 1874Van Buren Dis. Genit. Org. 41 Fornication is always irregular.
b. fig.; esp. in Scripture: The forsaking of God for idols; idolatry; also, spiritual fornication.
a1340Hampole Psalter lxxii. 26 Þou lost all þat dos fornycacioun fra þe. 1691–8Norris Pract. Disc. (1711) III. 47 'Tis a kind of Spiritual Fornication..to admit any Creature into a Partnership with him in our Love. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 298 All forsaking of God being spiritual fornication.
▪ II. fornication2 Arch.|fɔːnɪˈkeɪʃən|
[ad. L. fornicātiōn-em, f. fornicātus vaulted, f. fornix arch, vault: see -ation.]
An arching or vaulting.
1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 138 Fornication, In Architecture, is an Arching, or Vaulting. 1810C. James Milit. Dict. (ed. 3) App., Fornication is an arching, or vaulting. |
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