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venery

venery


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Venery  \Ven"er*y\,  n.  [L.  Venus,  Veneris,  the  goddess  of  love.] 
  Sexual  love;  sexual  intercourse;  coition. 
 
  Contentment,  without  the  pleasure  of  lawful  venery,  is 
  continence;  of  unlawful,  chastity.  --Grew. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Venery  \Ven"er*y\,  n.  [OE.  venerie,  F.  v['e]nerie,  fr  OF  vener 
  to  hunt,  L.  venari.  See  {Venison}.] 
  The  art,  act  or  practice  of  hunting;  the  sports  of  the 
  chase.  ``Beasts  of  venery  and  fishes.''  --Sir  T.  Browne. 
 
  I  love  hunting  and  venery.  --Chaucer.