Whōre'dōm, n.

(hōr'dum), n. [A-S. hōrdōm, Icel. hōrdōmr.]

1. The practice of unlawful commerce with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.
2. (Script.) The desertion of the worship of the true God for the worship of idols; idolatry.

O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they will not frame their doings to turn unto their God. Hos. v. 34.