Definition Sodom and Gomorrah in American English

Sodom and Gomorrah

/ˌsɑdəm ən ɡəˈmɔrə/

two cities in the Bible that were destroyed by God as punishment for the sexual behavior of the people who lived there. People sometimes say that a place is like Sodom and Gomorrah as a way of saying that they are very shocked by people's sexual behavior in that place.

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canonical canon law cardinal sin

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