FORNICA'TION, n. L. fornicatio.

1. The incontinence or lewdness of unmarried persons, male or female also, the criminal conversation of a married man with an unmarried woman.
2. Adultery. Matthew 5 .
3. Incest. 1 Corinthians 5 .
4. Idolatry a forsaking of the true God, and worshipping of idols. 2 Chronicles 21 . Revelation 19 .