lasciviousness
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One of the handful of nonnegotiable church reforms demanded by early Lutherans was marriage for clergy as a means of ending hypocrisy and lasciviousness on the part of priests.
From Time Magazine Archive
James laughed when comedian Dave Chappelle mocked him as a high priest of lost talent and lasciviousness; he thought Chappelle should play him in the movie of his life.
From Time Magazine Archive
I detected no hint of lasciviousness in Bill’s voice or manner, certainly no element of pimping; no, he was simply trying to protect me.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Brantome, who came a good half-century later, is a bungling critic by his side, because governed by lasciviousness and not by a sense of beauty.
From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob 3:12 12 And now I, Jacob, spake many more things unto the people of Nephi, warning them against fornication and lasciviousness, and every kind of sin, telling them the awful consequences of them.
From The Book of Mormon by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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