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scarlet woman

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scarlet woman
New Testament a sinful woman described in Revelation 17, interpreted as a figure either of pagan Rome or of the Roman Catholic Church regarded as typifying vice overlaid with gaudy pageantry


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In his teaching a good principle called the Word fought perpetually against a diabolical female influence called the Scarlet Woman and an evil being called Alcohol.
Bennett's official abhorrence of the Scarlet Woman and all her ways was only equalled by his private respect for Father Victor.
 
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