102,870
edits
Changes
From Nordan Symposia
Jump to navigationJump to searchno edit summary
*3a : an intense longing : craving <a lust to succeed>
*3a : an intense longing : craving <a lust to succeed>
:b : [[enthusiasm]], eagerness <admired his lust for life>
:b : [[enthusiasm]], eagerness <admired his lust for life>
<center>For lesson on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Sexuality]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Sexuality '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Description==
==Description==
The word lust is phonetically similar to the ancient [[Roman]] "lustrum", which [[literally]] meant "five years". This was the cycle time for the [[ritual]] expiation of "[[sins]]" called the lustration as [[practiced]] in [[ancient]] [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] cultures. [[Sexual intercourse]] was one of a list of sins requiring lustration.
The word lust is phonetically similar to the ancient [[Roman]] "lustrum", which [[literally]] meant "five years". This was the cycle time for the [[ritual]] expiation of "[[sins]]" called the lustration as [[practiced]] in [[ancient]] [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] cultures. [[Sexual intercourse]] was one of a list of sins requiring lustration.
