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  • noun Obsolete spelling of adultery.

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Examples

  • Then he turned to me and said, O mortal, we have it in our law that, when the wife committeth advowtry it is lawful for us to slay her.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • "O mortal, we have it in our law that, when the wife committeth advowtry it is lawful for us to slay her.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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