Talmud for Yevamot 6:5

כֹּהֵן הֶדְיוֹט לֹא יִשָּׂא אַיְלוֹנִית, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן יֶשׁ לוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבָנִים. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֶּשׁ לוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבָנִים, לֹא יִשָּׂא אַיְלוֹנִית, שֶׁהִיא זוֹנָה הָאֲמוּרָה בַתּוֹרָה. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֵין זוֹנָה אֶלָּא גִיּוֹרֶת וּמְשֻׁחְרֶרֶת וְשֶׁנִּבְעֲלָה בְעִילַת זְנוּת:

A regular Cohein may not marry an eilonith (a woman who cannot bear) unless he has a wife and children. [The same is true of an Israelite. "Cohein" is stated only because of the demurral of R. Yehudah, who says that a Cohein, though he has a wife and children may not marry an eilonith, as opposed to an Israelite. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehudah.] R. Yehudah says: Even though he has a wife and children, he may not marry an eilonith, for she is the "zonah" referred to in the Torah (Leviticus 21:7). And the sages say that "zonah" is a proselyte, a freed maidservant, and a woman who had been lived with wantonly, [such as those interdicted by negative commandment or positive commandment, and, it goes without saying, those liable to kareth or judicial death penalty. But if one lives with an unmarried woman, he does not render her a zonah.]

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