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[ sod-uhm ] / ˈsɒd əm /
nounan ancient city destroyed, with Gomorrah, because of its wickedness. Genesis 18–19. any very sinful, corrupt, vice-ridden place. Origin of SodomFrom Late Latin Sodoma (neuter plural noun), from Greek Sódoma (neuter plural noun), from Hebrew Sĕdōm, of uncertain origin and meaning Words nearby Sodomsodium thiosulphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium-vapor lamp, sodium-vapour lamp, sod off, Sodom, Sodoma, Il, Sodom and Gomorrah, Sodomite, sodomize, sodomy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for SodomI like to think of Shooters as Sodom and Gomorrah, reimagined for the modern world. Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST Despite provoking some fire-and-brimstone responses, I didn't plan to look back at Sodom. Avoiding Sodom: It's About Policy, Not Charity|Gershom Gorenberg|September 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST Not to put too fine a point on it, but in Sodom there would have been no problem passing the Ryan budget plan. Republicans and the 'Quality of Sodom'|Gershom Gorenberg|July 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST This is meant as hyperbole; the point is that "what's mine is mine" was public policy in Sodom. Republicans and the 'Quality of Sodom'|Gershom Gorenberg|July 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In Sodom, the mob comes to get the strangers and the bleeding-heart liberal who tried to put a roof over their head. Republicans and the 'Quality of Sodom'|Gershom Gorenberg|July 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST And there came five kings from the East and made war against the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah. Heroes of Israel|Theodore Gerald Soares Whatever the king may have been, the princes were no better than "rulers of Sodom," and the people were "people of Gomorrha." The Expositor's Bible|F. W. Farrar Now there dwelt in Sodom a man of foreign race and great wealth, Lot, the nephew of Abraham. Sodom was a town completely given over to pleasure of the physical and outward sorts. I, Mary MacLane|Mary MacLane Abraham's conduct toward the King of Sodom is an instance of generosity. The Moral Instruction of Children|Felix Adler
British Dictionary definitions for Sodom
nounOld Testament a city destroyed by God for its wickedness that, with Gomorrah, traditionally typifies depravity (Genesis 19:24) this city as representing homosexuality any place notorious for depravity Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |