"harlotry" meaning in English

See harlotry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: harlotries [plural]
Etymology: From harlot + -ry. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|harlot|ry}} harlot + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} harlotry (countable and uncountable, plural harlotries)
  1. The trade of a harlot; prostitution. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Prostitution Translations (trade of a harlot; prostitution.): блудство (bludstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), проституиране (prostituirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), hoererij (Dutch), prostitutie (Dutch), haureus (Finnish), huoruus (Finnish), prostitution [feminine] (French), putasserie [feminine] (French), Huararie [feminine] (Plautdietsch)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1971, New American Standard Bible, Hosea 4:11",
          "text": "Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the understanding."
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