Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Venery \Ven"er*y\, n. [L. Venus, Veneris, the goddess of love.]
   Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.

         Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is
         continence; of unlawful, chastity.       --Grew.

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.

         I love hunting and venery.               --Chaucer.