sodomitry

English

Etymology

sodomite +‎ -ry

Noun

sodomitry (countable and uncountable, plural sodomitries)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of sodomy
   • 1597, Jean de Chassanion, translated by Thomas Beard, The theatre of Gods iudgements: or, a collection of histories out of sacred, ecclesiasticall, and prophane authours concerning the admirable iudgements of God vpon the transgressours of his commandements‎^[1], translation of original in French:

     Peter Lays bastard son to Pope Paule the third, was one that practised many horrible villanies, robberies, murders, adulteries, incest, and Sodomitries, thinking that because his father was Pope therefore no wickednesse was vnlawfull for him to commit.