venery

• A wanton sacrifice of vital fluid either in the act of self abuse or in excessive venery is not justifiable under any consideration; nor may these acts, under any circumstances, be looked upon as sustaining to the gland a relation similar to that which muscular exercise sustains to muscle tissue In the light of these facts every normal man would admit that frequent masturbation or excessive sexual intercourse, in wedlock or out, should certainly not be recommended as a method of developing the sexual apparatus Most men, however, raise the question: "Is any indulgence or any artificial means for satisfying the sexual inclination to be discouraged?" —  The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male
• The venery was a little further off, drawing toward the park All the halls, chambers, and cabinets were hung with tapestry of divers sorts, according to the seasons of the year. —  The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I
• The ancients not only infibulated their gladiators to restrain them from venery, but they also subjected their chanters and singers to the same ordeal, as it was found to improve the voice; comedians and public dancers were also restrained from ruining their talents by the means of infibulation. —  History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance
• That excessive venery is the chief cause that originates this peculiar form of inflammation, has long been the settled opinion of medical men Footnote 22: Dr. J. R. Black It seems scarcely possible that such enormity could be committed by any human being, at least by civilized men, and in the face of the injunctions of Moses to the Jews, to say nothing of the evident indecency of the act. —  Plain Facts for Old and Young
• He said that the latter would have been against the laws of venery, and might have brought him into trouble, but as for disposing of his stud, it would give him little difficulty. —  Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor

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