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lasciviousness

[luh-siv-ee-uhs-nis] / ləˈsɪv i əs nɪs /


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One of the handful of nonnegotiable church reforms demanded by early Lutherans was marriage for clergy as a means of ending hypocrisy and lasciviousness on the part of priests.

From Time Magazine Archive

James laughed when comedian Dave Chappelle mocked him as a high priest of lost talent and lasciviousness; he thought Chappelle should play him in the movie of his life.

From Time Magazine Archive

I detected no hint of lasciviousness in Bill’s voice or manner, certainly no element of pimping; no, he was simply trying to protect me.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Go through Paul's long and dismal catalogue of "the works of the flesh": "Fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, heresies, envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like."

From The Teaching of Jesus by George Jackson

Secondly, he warns them of the fearful danger of depravity, pride, and lasciviousness.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger




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