\Whore"dom\, n. [OE. hordom; cf. Icel. h?rd?mr.]
1. The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex;
   fornication; lewdness.
2. (Script.) 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.