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sodomitry

sodomitry noun: synonym of sodomy.

Noun

sodomitry (countable and uncountable, plural sodomitries)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of sodomy.
    • Peter Lays bastard son to Pope Paule the third, was one that practised many horrible villanies, robberies, murders, adulteries, incest, and Sodomitries, thinking that because his father was Pope therefore no wickednesse was vnlawfull for him to commit.1597, Jean de Chassanion, translated by Thomas Beard, The theatre of Gods iudgements: or, a collection of histories out of sacred, ecclesiasticall, and prophane authours concerning the admirable...
    Synonyms:
    sodomy

Synonyms of sodomitry

Forms of sodomitry

pluralsodomitries

Origin of sodomitry

From sodomite + -ry.

Questions about sodomitry

What does sodomitry mean?
Sodomitry means synonym of sodomy.
What part of speech is sodomitry?
Sodomitry is a noun.
What is the plural of sodomitry?
The plural of sodomitry is sodomitries.

Words near sodomitry in the dictionary

  1. sodomitesses
  2. sodomitic
  3. sodomitical
  4. sodomitically
  5. sodomitries
  6. sodomitry
  7. sodomization
  8. sodomizations
  9. sodomize
  10. sodomized
  11. sodomizer

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