Adultery

Adultery

Adultery (also called philandery, anglicised from Latin adulterium) is sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than the spouse. Religious and legal interpretations of what constitutes adultery vary widely.

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Famous quotes containing the word adultery:

    “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Mark 10:11.

    Jesus.

    “Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “Autobiography is now as common as adultery and hardly less reprehensible.”
    —John Grigg (b. 1924)