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Shunammitism
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en shunamitism
en 1961 Harry E. Wedeck Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs The Citadel Press New York 129 Several centuries ago a certain MAdame Janus gained in Paris and throughout France a notorious and sinister reputation in connection with Shunammitism. Under her supervision she had some forty girls whom she hired out to clients as shunammites.