harlotry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun offering sexual intercourse for pay
    prostitution; whoredom.

WordNet

Har"lot*ry noun
Definitions
  1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. Obs. Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
  2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness. Dryden.
  3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
  4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. Obs.
    He sups to-night with a harlotry. Shak.

Webster 1913