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⚖️ Related to sodomy 🏙️ From Sodom 😈 Morally corrupt
sodomitical

sodomitical

9.9
About sexual acts between men that were once punished by law
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɒdəˈmɪtɪkəl/
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translation icon : sodomítico
  • Many scholars discuss sodomitical relationships in the context of legal historical analysis, focusing on changing perceptions over time.
  • sodomitical acts

Examples

  • How did we fall so far down that one of the two major political parties in this country has in its official national platform explicit support for the legal recognition of sodomitical relationships as "marriage" and the "right" to murder babies in the womb?

    Blog text (30)

  • However, the Church's teaching is not (and has never been) that sodomitical acts (of whatever description, and whether performed by same-sex or opposite-sex partners) are morally wrong simply because they cannot result in reproduction.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The historical debate often includes references to sodomitical acts as a means of understanding societal norms in ancient cultures.

  • In literature, the sodomitical themes can reveal deeper meanings about the characters' relationships and societal critiques.

Synonyms

sodomitic
vssodomitical
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9.9

Relating to sexual acts between people of the same sex often noted in old laws

is identical in meaning but appears as a longer, more formal variant

Surface Forms

sodomitical positive

Morphology

sodomitical = sodomite (transparent) = sodomite + ical

Formed by clear suffixation from 'sodomite' to mean 'relating to sodomy', so the relation is directly derivable.

Etymology

Sodomitical comes from the biblical city Sodom, which the Bible says was full of people who did 'sexual sins'. So sodomitical was used in old laws and writing to describe acts called 'sodomy' or sexual acts seen as wrong.