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Concubinacy
Concubinacy Con*cu"bi*na*cy, n. The practice of concubinage. [Obs.] --Strype.
Concubinage
Concubinage Con*cu"bi*nage, n. 1. The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine. Note: In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of inferior condition, to whom the husband does not convey his rank or quality. Under Roman law, it was the living of a man and woman in sexual relations without marriage, but in conformity with local law. 2. (Law) A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine.
Concubinal
Concubinal Con*cu"bi*nal, a. [L. concubinalis.] Of or pertaining to concubinage.
Concubinarian
Concubinarian Con*cu`bi*na"ri*an, a. & n. Concubinary. The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. --Milman.
Concubinaries
Concubinary Con*cu"bi*na*ry, n.; pl. Concubinaries. One who lives in concubinage. --Jer. Taylor.
Concubinary
Concubinary Con*cu"bi*na*ry, a. [LL. concubinarius.] Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage.
Concubinary
Concubinary Con*cu"bi*na*ry, n.; pl. Concubinaries. One who lives in concubinage. --Jer. Taylor.
Concubinate
Concubinate Con*cu"bi*nate, n. [L. concubinatus.] Concubinage. [Obs.] --Johnson.

Meaning of Concubina from wikipedia

- always" the person of lower social rank in the classical period, was a concubina, literally a "bedmate", one for lying with, but a socially respectable...
- Concubina is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains only one species, Concubina euryzeucta, which is found in China (Shanghai, Beijing...
- the woman's lesser social status. Widowed or divorced men often took a concubina, the Latin term from which the English "concubine" is derived, rather...
- Pubitelphusa Species: P. trigonalis Binomial name Pubitelphusa trigonalis (Park & Ponomarenko, 2007) Synonyms Concubina trigonalis Park & Ponomarenko, 2007...
- Rossell Prize 1999); Els ulls d'Anníbal (Charlemagne Prize 2002); La Gran Concubina d'Egipte (Nestor Lujan Prize 2005); the trilogy dedicated to James I the...
- Galeria Lysistrate or Lysistrata (2nd-century) was the concubina of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. She was originally the slave of Pius's wife, Faustina...
- al-hamama, pág. 6, a propósito de la pasión que sentía el califa por su concubina Subh. Prado-Vilar, Francisco (1997). "Circular visions of fertility and...
- y Corrales, Luis Miguel (2017). "La Mora Zaida o la Reina Isabel, ¿De Concubina a Reina". Antigua, Cápsula Histórica. Lévi-Provençal, Évariste (1934)...
- inner edge of which is waved towards abdominal margin; — in the form concubina Hbn. the red of the hindwing is brighter and the black median band more...
- 'Comments' in S 507 In a charter of uncertain authenticity Ælfgifu attests as concubina regis affui (king's present concubine). If genuine, the charter probably...