harlotry

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O Death, the wage of our first father's blame,     Daughter of envy and nonentity,     Serf of the serpent, and his harlotry,     Thou beast most arrogant and void of shame!

From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington

Farnell1918 interprets a fragment of Pindar as proof of sacral harlotry at Corinth.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

Squalor, poverty, debauchery, harlotry, oppression, war, and ignorance are existing evils which must have attention.

From Standards of Life and Service by Howard, Thomas Henry

These three Snt George successively challenges, tackles, and flattens out—the first as lunacy, the second as harlotry, the third as witchcraft.

From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

Cannibalism, polygamy, incest, harlotry, and other primitive customs have been discarded by a very wide and, in the case of some of them, unanimous judgment that they are harmful.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham