Is a fornicator anyone who has participated in pre-marital sex?

Question

I mean just once.

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

No-- according to dictionary.com, the actual definitions are:

"for‧ni‧ca‧tion  /ˌfɔrnɪˈkeɪʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fawr-ni-key-shuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other."

So, according to this definition, two persons who are married but not to each other can commit fornication. It does not necessarily mean "pre-marital sex" because one or both consenting adults can be married to others, yet committing fornication by committing adultery.

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law defines it as:
"consensual sexual intercourse between a man and esp. single woman who are not married to each other"

Notice it says a man and especially a SINGLE woman? It does not specify that the man is not married, so it would not necessarily have to deal with "pre-marital sex".

And from the quoted source below:
"Word History: The word fornication had a lowly beginning suitable to what has long been the low moral status of the act to which it refers. The Latin word fornix, from which fornicti, the ancestor of fornication, is derived, meant “a vault, an arch.” The term also referred to a vaulted cellar or similar place where prostitutes plied their trade. This sense of fornix in Late Latin yielded the verb fornicr, “to commit fornication,” from which is derived fornicti, “whoredom, fornication.” Our word is first recorded in Middle English about 1303."

Answer 3

i think fornicators are people that have sex with people that they would never be in a relationship with or marry

Answer 4

no..all fornicate means is to have sex..pre-martial or married it's all fornicating

Answer 5

technically you could say so.

Answer 6

why not

Answer 7

Duh!!!!!