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Webster's Dictionary
Adultery
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(1):
(n.) The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.
(2):
(n.) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
(3):
(n.) Faithlessness in religion.
(4):
(n.) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
(5):
(n.) Adulteration; corruption.
(6):
(n.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
(7):
(n.) Injury; degradation; ruin.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Adultery'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/web/a/adultery.html. 1828.