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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IN'CEST, n. [L. incestum; in and castus, chaste.]
The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by the law of a country.
Spiritual incest, is a like crime committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation. It is also understood of a vicar or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin incestus sexual impurity, from incestus impure, from in- + castus pure — more at caste Date: 13th century sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry; also the statutory crime of such a relationship

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. sexual intercourse between persons regarded as too closely related to marry each other. Etymology: ME f. L incestus (as IN-(1), castus CHASTE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Incest In"cest, n. [F. inceste, L. incestum unchastity, incest, fr. incestus unchaste; pref. in- not + castus chaste. See Chaste.] The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law. --Shak. Spiritual incest. (Eccl. Law) (a) The crime of cohabitation committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation. (b) The act of a vicar, or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Incest is the crime of two members of the same family having sexual intercourse, for example a father and daughter, or a brother and sister.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

in'-sest.

See CRIMES.

Moby Thesaurus

active algolagnia, adultery, algolagnia, algolagny, amphierotism, autoeroticism, bisexuality, concubinage, coprophilia, criminal conversation, cuckoldry, exhibitionism, extracurricular sex, extramarital relations, fetishism, fornication, free love, free-lovism, heterosexuality, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, incestuousness, lesbianism, masochism, narcissism, necrophilia, paraphilia, passive algolagnia, pedophilia, premarital relations, premarital sex, sadism, sadomasochism, sapphism, scotophilia, sexual inversion, sexual normality, sexual preference, swinging both ways, transvestitism, tribadism, tribady, voyeurism, zooerastia, zoophilia