fornicator
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /fɔː(ɹ).nɪ.keɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Noun

fornicator (plural fornicators)

  1. (pejorative) An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 1 Corinthians [http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611_1-Corinthians-Chapter-6/#9–10 6:9–10]:
      Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
    • Qu’ran 24:2, M.H. Shakir translation.
      (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.
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