LEWD, adjective [Heb.] 1. Given to the unlawful indulgence of lust; addicted to fornication or adultery; dissolute; lustful; libidinous. Ezekiel 23:44. 2. Proceeding from unlawful lust; as lewd actions. 3. Wicked; vile; profligate; licentious. Acts 27:1. LEWD, adjective [Latin gnes, from geno.] Lay; laical; not clerical. obsolete
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