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temple prostitute

temple prostitute noun: a prostitute who is employed at a temple.

Noun

temple prostitute (plural temple prostitutes)

  1. (historical) A prostitute who is employed at a temple.
    • As to his daughters, this Hindu will strangle one at birth, train a second for marriage, and consecrate a third to the enrichment of his religion as a temple prostitute, thinking the last act even more meritorious than the marriage and the first quite as much within his "liberty."1895, Wilbur Fisk Crafts, Practical Christian Sociology, page 260
    • In the Madras Presidency alone there are about 12,000 of these temple prostitutes.1909, Iwan Bloch, The Sexual Life of Our Time in Its Relations to Modern Civilization, page 106
  2. (historical) An individual, usually a woman, engaged in sexual acts as part of religious worship.

Forms of temple prostitute

pluraltemple prostitutes
alternative formtemple-prostitute

Words formed from temple prostitute

Questions about temple prostitute

What does temple prostitute mean?
Temple prostitute means a prostitute who is employed at a temple.
What part of speech is temple prostitute?
Temple prostitute is a noun.
What is the plural of temple prostitute?
The plural of temple prostitute is temple prostitutes.

Words near temple prostitute in the dictionary

  1. temple names
  2. Temple of Heaven
  3. temple of immensity
  4. temple orange
  5. temple oranges
  6. temple prostitute
  7. temple prostitutes
  8. temple prostitution
  9. temple ring
  10. temple rings
  11. Temple Sowerby

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