2 entries under this word

Venery

Vĕn'er-y, n.

noun

n. [Lat. Venus, Veneris, the goddess of love.] Sexual love; sexual intercourse.

Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is continence; of unlawful, chastity. Grew.

Vĕn'er-y, n.

noun

n. [Fr. vénerie, from O. Fr. vener, veneir, Pr. venar, Lat. venāri, to hunt.] The act or exercise of hunting; the sports of the chase. “Beasts of venery and fishes.” Browne.