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Sodomy definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOD'OMY, n. A crime against nature.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman [syn: sodomy, buggery, anal sex, anal intercourse]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French sodomie, from Late Latin Sodoma Sodom; from the homosexual proclivities of the men of the city in Genesis
19:1-11 Date: 13th century anal or oral copulation with a member of the same or opposite sex; also copulation with an animal • sodomitic or sodomitical adjective

Britannica Concise

Noncoital carnal copulation. The term is understood in several senses: (1) as male homosexual practices, (2) as anal intercourse, (3) as sexual relations with animals, and (4) as a number of other activities such as sexual contact with minors. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions, and some sodomy laws provide severe penalties. The Wolfenden committee in Britain and the Amer. Law Institute recommended abolition of criminal provisions, except in cases involving violence, children, or public solicitation. This position was adopted in England in 1967 and has been adopted in many U.S. states as well.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. = BUGGERY. Derivatives: sodomize v.tr. (also -ise). Etymology: ME f. med.L sodomia f. LL peccatum Sodomiticum sin of Sodom: see SODOM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sodomy Sod"om*y, n. [From Sodom. a country mentioned in the Bible: cf. F. sodomite.] Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery. --Gen. xix. 5.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Sodomy is anal sexual intercourse.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sod'-o-mi.

See SODOM; SODOMITE; CRIMES; PUNISHMENTS.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Buggery, unnatural carnal intercourse.