noun The character of being immoral; transgression of the moral law; immoral thought or action; wickedness; dissoluteness; licentiousness. noun An immoral act or practice. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun The state or quality of being immoral; vic...
The practice originated in humanity's remote past, and appears to have formed part of Babylonian religious activities. The Canaanites regarded their male and female cultic prostitutes as "holy persons, " meaning that they were dedicated specifically to the service of a god or goddess, not that...
Definition:To commit fornication, to engage in sexual immorality Meaning:I fornicate; met: I practice idolatry. Word Origin:Derived from the Greek word πόρνη (pornē), meaning "prostitute" or "harlot." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The Hebrew equivalent often associated with "porneu...
The paper paid attention to the meaning of taboos, its various forms, methods of its enforcement, the rejuvenation of African taboos so as to meet contemporary challenges. The paper recommended that African taboos should be taught, inculcated and implemented a...
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11 But now I am writing to you that you must...
That there were two sects side by side at Pergamum is the natural meaning of this passage; and though their doctrines were alike in being autinomian in principle and licentious in result, yet there is no need to identify them. Among countless small improvements made by the Revisers, note ...
Derived from a Greek word meaning “something which is bottomless” and often used... 9530 Hades 9530 Hades A term used in the NT to refer to the place in which departed spirits rest, while...About About News & Knowledge Statement of Faith Mobile App Store ...
4 ruling. The New York Times put it this way: Court Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Ban in California. Actually, Judge Walker took his activist ax to the meaning of marriage itself and the meaning of representative democracy in a free republic. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit,...
1560年代,源自于in-(1)的同化形式,意为“不,相反的”+morality。 同样来自于: 1560s 相关词汇 morality(n.) 14世纪晚期,moralite,“道德品质,品行或思想”,源自古法语moralite(现代法语moralité)“寓意(故事)的道德; 道德教育; 道德,品德”(13世纪),直接源自拉丁语moralitatem(主格moralitas)“方式,品质”...
in-(1) word-forming element meaning "not, opposite of, without" (alsoim-,il-,ir-by assimilation of-n-with following consonant, a tendency which began in later Latin), from Latinin-"not," cognate with Greekan-, Old Englishun-, all from PIE root*ne-"not." ...