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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concupiscence \Con*cu"pis*cence\, n. [F., fr L. concupiscentia.] Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. --Horne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: concupiscence n : a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: {sexual desire}, {physical attraction}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Concupiscence desire, Rom. 7:8 (R.V., "coveting"); Col. 3:5 (R.V., "desire"). The "lust of concupiscence" (1 Thess. 4:5; R.V., "passion of lust") denotes evil desire, indwelling sin.
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