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scortation

/skɔːˈteɪʃən/

scortation noun: lewdness, fornication.

Noun

scortation (countable and uncountable, plural scortations)

  1. (obsolete) lewdness, fornication
    • Heirof I suppois it be plane, that the precept to absteane from blude, gevin be the Apostill, was temporall and not perpetuall; for uthirwayis the Halie Gaist, speiking oftin of the libertie of the Gentillis, wald have restraynit and exceptit it, as he hath done scortatioun, whilk in the same...1556, John Knox, Answers to Some Questions Concerning Baptism, etc.
    • That it is a ſcortation [translating scortatio] more oppoſite to conjugial love than the common ſcortation, which is called ſimple adultery; and that it is a deprivation of every faculty and inclination to conjugial life, which is implanted in chriſtians from nativity, may be evinced by arguments...1794, Emanuel Swedenborg, “Of Concubinage”, in [anonymous], transl., The Delights of Wisdom Concerning Conjugial Love: […] Translated from the Latin […], London: […] R. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC...

Forms of scortation

pluralscortations

Origin of scortation

Borrowed from Latin scortātiō, from scortārī.

Questions about scortation

What does scortation mean?
Scortation means lewdness, fornication.
What part of speech is scortation?
Scortation is a noun.
How do you pronounce scortation?
Scortation is pronounced /skɔːˈteɪʃən/.
What is the plural of scortation?
The plural of scortation is scortations.

Words near scortation in the dictionary

  1. scorsed
  2. scorses
  3. Scorsese
  4. Scorsesean
  5. scorsing
  6. scortation
  7. scortations
  8. scortatory
  9. Scorton
  10. scorza
  11. scorzalite

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