sodomite
IPA: sˈʌdʌmaɪt
noun
- (derogatory) One who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
- A native or inhabitant of Sodom.
- An inhabitant of Sodom, or (by extension) a descendant of one.
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Examples of "sodomite" in Sentences
- SCANZONI: Jewish and Christian scholars agree that the word sodomite doesn't appear in the original language.
- If some random person (likely an agent provocateur) calls Barney Frank a sodomite, is that an act of violence?
- Their defiance survives linguistically: In Arabic, the “top” sodomite is luti, meaning “of [the people of] Lot.”
- 243 The detected sodomite is punished with death according to Moslem law, but again comes the difficulty of proof.
- The word sodomite is the Hebrew word quadesh, and it means holy, consecrated, or specially dedicated—a sacred person.
- Incidentally the word sodomite in the King James Version was a case of the translators imposing their cultural standards to a totally different culture.
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