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Meanings of pederasty in English
Paedagogical relationship between a mature male and a pubescent or adolescent male, often with a sexual aspect.
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Examples for "sodomy"
Examples for "sodomy"
1
From the corner of the room, you asked what exactly sodomy was.
2
The merely animal sodomy which exists in many public schools was unknown.
3
The kernel of the matter is this: sodomy is a grievous sin.
4
I will never allow you to resume your barbaric act of sodomy.
5
They were tried and found guilty this month of sodomy and indecency.
1
Again, in Catullus, 100, the Roman paederasty shows itself "Caelius loves Aufilenus and Quintus loves Aufilena-madly."
2
Again, in Catullus, 100, the Roman paederasty shows itself "Caelius loves Aufilenus and Quintus loves Aufilena-madly." As we approach the Christian era the picture darkens.
3
Paederasty simply follows the fault-lines of liberty, and its numerous victories are usually private, publicly undetected, politically almost without consequence.
Usage of pederasty in English
1
Will it throw me back to the old, orthodox ways of pederasty?
2
In spite of his reputation for pederasty, Mocenigo was much liked at Madrid.
3
I have never had to do with actual pederasty, so called.
4
Also, he is a cavalry man and among cavalry men pederasty is a tradition.
5
They are quarrelsome, effeminate and frivolous; they are devotees of horse races, gambling and pederasty.
6
As it has rumbled on, Norrisgate has featured shout-outs for ancient Greece, Plato, Socrates and pederasty.
7
Poliziano was accused of pederasty.
8
As well be imagined, pederasty has a fine field in this town, where the passions are kept under lock and key.
9
In subsequent chapters, Greer surveys the emergence of the "poetess," nursery rhymes, hymn-writing, pederasty, fraternal incest, and death by henbane.
10
Moreover, if you set yourself against this form of lewdness, this pederasty, 'twas for sheer jealousy, knowing it to be the school for orators.
11
He laughed at the police and the cheated husbands, indulged in Venus and Bacchus to excess, sacrificed to the god of pederasty, and gamed incessantly.
12
Pederasty was held in such contempt that it was very heavily punished.
13
Will it throw me back to the old, orthodox ways of pederasty?
14
In spite of his reputation for pederasty, Mocenigo was much liked at Madrid.
15
I have never had to do with actual pederasty, so called.
16
Also, he is a cavalry man and among cavalry men pederasty is a tradition.
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