Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Whoredom

Whoredom , noun

[Old English hordom; compare Icelandic h{not transcribed}rd{not transcribed}mr.]

1.
The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.
2.
(Scripture) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.
O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they will not... turn unto their God. — Hos. v. 3, 4