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Sodomites
        This word does not denote the inhabitants of Sodom; but it is employed in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament for those who practiced as a religious rite the abominable and unnatural vice from which the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah have derived their lasting infamy.


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'sodomites' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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