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Webster 1913 Edition

Concupiscence

Con-cu′pis-cence

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Noun.
[F., fr. L.
concupiscentia
.]
Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.
Concupiscence
like a pestilence walketh in darkness.
Horne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Concupiscence

CONCUPISCENCE

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Noun.
[L., to covet or lust after, to desire or covet.] Lust; unlawful or irregular desire of sexual pleasure. In a more general sense, the coveting of carnal things, or an irregular appetite for worldly good; inclination for unlawful enjoyments.
We know even secret concupiscence to be sin.
Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. Romans 7.

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