Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse. 2. (n.) A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance. 3. (n.) The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity. 4. (n.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise. 5. (n.) A tool for drawing lead into cams, or flat grooved rods, for casements. 6. (n.) A gripe or grasp. 7. (v. t.) To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice. 8. (prep.) In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned. 9. (prep.) Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia UNNATURAL VICE un-nat'-u-ral vis. See CRIMES; PUNISHMENTS. VICE, UNNATURAL See UNNATURAL VICE.

Multi-Version Concordance Vice (2 Occurrences) Romans 1:27 in just the same way--neglecting that for which nature intends women--burned with passion towards one another, men practising shameful vice with men, and receiving in their own selves the reward which necessarily followed their misconduct. (WEY) Jude 1:7 So also Sodom and Gomorrah--and the neighboring towns in the same manner--having been guilty of gross fornication and having gone astray in pursuit of unnatural vice, are now before us as a specimen of the fire of the Ages in the punishment which they are undergoing. (WEY)