brothelry

English

Etymology

brothel +‎ -ry

Noun

brothelry (uncountable)

  1. prostitution, especially in brothels
    • 1888, John Jewel, The Apology of the Church of England‎:
      Peter did not thus teach at Rome: Paul did not so live at Rome: they did not practise brothelry, which these do openly: they made not a yearly revenue and profit of harlots: they suffered no common adulterers and wicked murderers to go unpunished.

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