• (British) IPA: /ˈhɔːdəm/

whoredom (uncountable)

1. The state of being a whore, prostitution; sexual indulgence, fornication. [from 12th c.]

   Synonyms: harlotry

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 38:24 ↗:

     And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 14:

     the most enthusiastic punishers of whoredom were often the most evangelical Protestants, who sought the ever-further purification of society (‘Puritans’, as they came to be called in England).