lechery
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How to use lechery in a sentence
The frame of his bed is of fine sapphires blended with gold, to make him sleep well, and to refrain him from lechery.
Early Travels in Palestine | Arculf et al.No, he concluded with healthy disgust, he was not that most sickening tribute to lechery, an old vein yawning for transfusion.
The Californians | Gertrude Franklin Horn AthertonPerfyte Chastitee forsably feichtis aganis lechery throu the remembraunce of God and his commandementis.
The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood | Ramon LlullBut, when he is dealing with lechery and corruption, the undercurrent of disgust seems to become audible.
Oxford Lectures on Poetry | Andrew Cecil BradleyNow reigneth pride in price, and covetise is counted wise, and lechery withouten shame, and gluttony withouten blame.
History of the English People, Volume II (of 8) | John Richard Green
British Dictionary definitions for lechery
/ (ˈlɛtʃərɪ) /
unrestrained and promiscuous sexuality
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