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Latin
Etymology
From prōstituō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
prōstitūtiō f (genitive prōstitūtiōnis); third declension
- prostitution
c. 155 – 240, Tertullian, chapter 6, in De pudicitia:Iam et incesta donabis propter Loth et fornicationes cum incesto propter Iudam et turpes de prostitutione nuptias propter Osee, et non tantum frequentatas, verum et simul plures, propter patres nostros.- That done, you will condone incests, too, for Lot's sake; and fornications combined with incest, for Judah's sake; and base marriages with prostitution, for Hosea's sake; and not only the frequent repetition of marriage, but its simultaneous plurality, for our fathers' sakes.
2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia, Vatican:[…] de illarum personarum condicione, quae ad prostitutionem agendam coguntur.- about those reprehensible situations where people are forced into prostitution.
- dishonoring, profaning
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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