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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French ''carnel'', ''charnel'', from Late Latin ''carnalis'', from Latin ''carn''-, ''caro'' [[flesh]]; akin to Greek ''keirein'' to cut. Latin ''carnāl-is'' fleshly (in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertullian Tertullian] and other [[Christian]] [[writers]]), and frequent in medieval Latin as an [[attribute]] of [[relationship]], as ''frater'' or ''soror carnalis'' , brother or sister by [[blood]].

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French ''carnel'', ''charnel'', from Late Latin ''carnalis'', from Latin ''carn''-, ''caro'' [[flesh]]; akin to Greek ''keirein'' to cut. Latin ''carnāl-is'' fleshly (in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertullian Tertullian] and other [[Christian]] [[writers]]), and frequent in medieval Latin as an [[attribute]] of [[relationship]], as ''frater'' or ''soror carnalis'' , brother or sister by [[blood]].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*3a : [[temporal]] <carnal weapons>  

*3a : [[temporal]] <carnal weapons>  

:b : worldly <a carnal [[mind]]>  

:b : worldly <a carnal [[mind]]>  

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==Description==

==Description==

'''Carnal knowledge''' is an archaic or [[legal]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism euphemism] for [[sexual intercourse]]. The term derives from the Biblical usage of the verb know/knew, as in the King James and other versions, a euphemism for [[sexual]] conduct. "And [[Adam]] ''knew'' [[Eve]] his [[wife]]; and she [[conceived]], and bore [[Cain]], and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD." - [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.4 Genesis 4:1].

'''Carnal knowledge''' is an archaic or [[legal]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism euphemism] for [[sexual intercourse]]. The term derives from the Biblical usage of the verb know/knew, as in the King James and other versions, a euphemism for [[sexual]] conduct. "And [[Adam]] ''knew'' [[Eve]] his [[wife]]; and she [[conceived]], and bore [[Cain]], and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD." - [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.4 Genesis 4:1].

In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law criminal law], the phrase has had [[different]] [[meanings]] at [[different]] times and in different [[jurisdictions]]. While commonly a mere euphemism for [[sexual intercourse]] (not necessarily unlawful), different [[jurisdictions]] have defined carnal knowledge as a specific [[sex]] act such as contact between a penis and vagina, some laws elaborating this to include even "slight penile penetration of female sex organs". The [[definition]] sometimes includes a set of sex acts that include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy sodomy] and/or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex oral sex], while some statutes specifically exclude such acts.

In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law criminal law], the phrase has had [[different]] [[meanings]] at [[different]] times and in different [[jurisdictions]]. While commonly a mere euphemism for [[sexual intercourse]] (not necessarily unlawful), different [[jurisdictions]] have defined carnal knowledge as a specific [[sex]] act such as contact between a penis and vagina, some laws elaborating this to include even "slight penile penetration of female sex organs". The [[definition]] sometimes includes a set of sex acts that include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy sodomy] and/or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex oral sex], while some statutes specifically exclude such acts.