incest : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: incest	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for incest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incest n sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incest \In"cest\, n. [F. inceste, L. incestum unchastity, incest, fr. incestus unchaste; pref. in- not + castus chaste. See {Chaste}.] The crime of cohabitation or sexual commerce between persons related within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law. --Shak. {Spiritual incest}. (Eccl. Law) (a) The crime of cohabitation committed between persons who have a spiritual alliance by means of baptism or confirmation. (b) The act of a vicar, or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other.