Sodom

Definitions
sodomy
   [-mē]


sodomy

noun
any sexual intercourse held to be abnormal; specif.,

    bestiality
    anal intercourse, esp. between two male persons

Origin of sodomy
Middle English sodomie ; from Sodome, Sodom

sodomy

noun
Any of various forms of sexual acts regarded as perverted, especially anal intercourse, oral-anal contact, or sexual intercourse with an animal.

Origin of sodomy
Middle English sodomie, from Old French, from Sodome, Sodom, from Latin Sodoma, from Greek, from Hebrew s&schwa;dōm.

sodomy
Noun

(uncountable)

    Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality, but also (sometimes) anal or oral sex.

        They jailed her immediately after she was convicted of sodomy.

    (in particular) anal sex

Origin

From Sodom, where the Bible, in Genesis chapters 18 and 19 and elsewhere, suggests sexual depravity.
sodomy - Legal Definition

n
Anal or oral copulation between two persons, especially when they are of the same sex; oral or anal copulation between a human and a non-human.



Sodomy (/ˈsɒdəmi/) is generally anal or oral sex between people or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal (bestiality), but may also include any non-procreative sexual activity.[1][2][3] Originally the term sodomy, which is derived from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in chapters 18 and 19 of the Book of Genesis in the Bible,[4] was commonly restricted to anal sex.[5][6] Sodomy laws in many countries criminalized these behaviors, and other disfavored sexual activities as well.[6][7] In the Western world, many of these laws have been overturned or are not routinely enforced.

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sodomy
[sod-uh-mee]

noun
1. anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
2. copulation with a member of the same sex.
3. bestiality (def 4).
Origin
Middle English
1250-1300
1250-1300; Middle English sodomie < Old French. See Sodom, -y3
Related forms
sodomitical
[sod-uh-mit-i-kuh l] (Show IPA), sodomitic, adjective
sodomitically, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for sodomy
sodomy
/ˈsɒdəmɪ/
noun
1.
anal intercourse committed by a man with another man or a woman

Compare buggery
Word Origin
C13: via Old French sodomie from Latin (Vulgate) Sodoma Sodom

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Word Origin and History for sodomy
n. c.1300, "unnatural sexual relations," such as those imputed to the

inhabitants of Biblical Sodom, especially between persons of the same

sex but also with beasts, from Old French sodomie, from Late Latin

peccatum Sodomiticum "anal sex," literally "the sin of Sodom," from

Latin Sodoma. In Middle English also synne Sodomyke (early 14c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

sodomy sod·om·y (sŏd'ə-mē)
n.

    Anal copulation of one male with another.

    Anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.

    Copulation with an animal.

sod'om·ite' (-mīt') n.
sod'om·ize' (-mīz') v.

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sodomy in Culture
sodomy [(sod-uh-mee)]

Sexual intercourse that is not the union of the genital organs of a man and

a woman. The term is most frequently applied to anal intercourse between

two men or to sexual relations between people and animals. (See

pederast.)

    Note: According to the Bible, God destroyed the cities of Sodom and

Gomorrah for unacceptable sexual practices, apparently including anal

intercourse between men. Sodomy takes its name from the city of Sodom.

    Note: Many governments have laws against sodomy. These laws are

difficult to enforce, however, and many people believe they violate

personal privacy.

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sodomy

Encyclopædia Britannica Article

noncoital carnal copulation. The term is understood in history, literature,

and law in several senses: (1) as denoting any homosexual practices

between men, in allusion to the biblical story of Sodom (Genesis 18:19),

(2) as denoting anal intercourse, (3) as synonymous with bestiality or

zoophilia (i.e., sexual relations between human beings and animals), and

(4) as comprehending a number of other sexual activities, ranging from

sexual contacts with minors to oral-genital contacts and oral intercourse

between adults.

Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions and is condemned as a mark of

abnormality in many others. Some legal codes provide penalties as severe

as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the relations are

voluntary and between legally consenting adults. So-called sodomy laws,

actually proscribing a variety of sexual contacts, appear to apply even to

married couples. No such regulations are found in the codes of Denmark,

France, Italy, Sweden, or Switzerland, among others. The Wolfenden

committee in England and the American Law Institute in the United States

recommended abolition of criminal provisions in this area, except in

cases involving violence, children, or public solicitation to commercial

vice. This position was adopted in Illinois in 1961 (and later in numerous

other U.S. states) and in England in 1967. In 1986 the U.S. Supreme

Court upheld a Georgia antisodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick, but the

decision was reversed in 2003, when the court struck down a Texas law

that criminalized consensual sex between adults of the same gender. With

the court's ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, antisodomy statues in 12 other

U.S. states were effectively overturned.

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21-year-old convicted rapist was sentenced Wednesday to 70 years in

state prison.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Michael Tamayo

of Los Angeles sexually assaulted, sodomized and robbed the four

women in 2013.

He was convicted in September of 14 separate counts including: three

counts of assault with intent to commit a felony, three counts of robbery,

two counts of assault and one count each of kidnapping, kidnapping to

commit another crime, rape by force/fear, sodomy by use of force,

forcible oral copulation and grand theft from person.

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It's been five years since a 14-year-old Alabama girl with special needs

said she was persuaded by a teacher's aide to act as bait to catch an

accused sexual predator.

The girl's life was changed forever, she said, when the accused predator, a

fellow student, allegedly sodomized her in a school bathroom. ... The boy

sodomized her, Jaden said.

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The victim, now 16, testified at trial that he was sodomized by Perry four

times at the age of 11. Perry is now awaiting trial on the human

trafficking charge.

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deviate sexual intercourse

sexual assault

unnatural and lascivious act