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English → English (gcide) Definition: Venery Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [L. Venus, Veneris, the goddess of love.] Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition. [1913 Webster] Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is continence; of unlawful, chastity. --Grew. [1913 Webster] Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [OE. venerie, F. v['e]nerie, fr. OF. vener to hunt, L. venari. See Venison.] The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase. “Beasts of venery and fishes.” --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] I love hunting and venery. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]