I only ask cause someone just posted a reply to a question and referred to a cheater as an adulterer - but the couple in question were not married.
2007-08-30 12:32:17 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
No...someone who is an adulterer is someone that is cheating while married. Someone that cheats and isn't legally married...is simply a cheater.
2007-08-30 12:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Technically its not adultery you are quite right. However, if you have a long established relationship and someone cheats then they are as bad as an adulterer so I think its splitting hairs to argue the point.
2007-09-03 11:43:57 · answer #2 · answered by AUNTY EM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the term adultery only applies to married couples and it is a term used in divorce proceedings.
Between partners who are not married it is infidelity.
2007-09-03 11:40:56 · answer #3 · answered by cara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, in order to commit adultery you must be married first. Otherwise, you are just a common everyday cheater.
2007-08-30 12:50:24 · answer #4 · answered by mab5096 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, adultery is a legal term when you cheat when married.
2007-08-30 22:02:20 · answer #5 · answered by Dizbutt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adulery is a statute and refers to married couples. In a general sense it can be misused as infidelity.
2007-08-30 12:40:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is only adultery if one of the two is married. Otherwise it is just a heartbreaking tragedy.
2007-08-30 12:43:59 · answer #7 · answered by Big Red 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Adultery is mainly a legal term used when a party in a marriage has sexual intercourse with someone who is not their spouse.
2007-08-30 20:57:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adultery, cheating .... at the end of the day it simply is being unfaithful no matter which way you slice or dice it.
2007-08-30 13:00:00 · answer #9 · answered by girlielikesfun 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
not biblically speaking, no. Adultery refers to people that are married.
2007-08-30 12:42:41 · answer #10 · answered by luvmybabies 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋