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English Dictionary: concupiscence by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
concupiscence
n
  1. a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Concupiscence \Con*cu"pis*cence\, n. [F., fr. L.
      concupiscentia.]
      Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.
  
               Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness.
                                                                              --Horne.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Concupiscence
      desire, Rom. 7:8 (R.V., "coveting"); Col. 3:5 (R.V., "desire").
      The "lust of concupiscence" (1 Thess. 4:5; R.V., "passion of
      lust") denotes evil desire, indwelling sin.
     
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