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Concubine
Concubine Con"cu*bine, n. [F., fr. L. concubina; con- + cubare
to lie down, concumbere to lie together, akin to E. cubit.]
1. A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a
paramour.
Note: Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a
male paramour as well as of a female. --Trench.
2. A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not
united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior
condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of
Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman
laws. Their children were not heirs of their father.
Meaning of Concubines from wikipedia
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forty concubines—the
price of
every concubine is
forty of silver. Therefore, send very
beautiful concubines without blemish." – (Lewis, 146)
Concubines would...
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relationship with him.
Concubine or The
Concubine may also
refer to: The
Concubine (band),
American heavy metal band "
Concubine", song by
Converge from...
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Farewell My
Concubine may
refer to: The Hegemon-King Bids His
Concubine Farewell, a
traditional Chinese opera Farewell My
Concubine (novel), a
novel by...
- The
Concubine is the
debut novel by
Nigerian writer Elechi Amadi originally published in 1966 as part of the
Heinemann African Writers Series. Set in...
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episode of the Levite's
concubine, also
known as the
Benjamite War, in
Judges 19–21
concerns a
Levite from
Ephraim and his
concubine. They
travel through...
- not
place any
limits on how many
concubines a man
could have.
Prostitution of
concubines was prohibited. A
concubine who gave
birth to a
child acknowledged...
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Genghis Khan had many
wives and
concubines.
Wives and
concubines were
frequently acquired from
conquered territory, and, in the case of
Genghis Khan, sometimes...
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royalty frequently used free
women as
concubines.
Enslaved concubines where however used
alongside free
concubines.
Girls where kidnapped from
their villages...
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rewarded together with
Imperial Concubine Jia,
Imperial Concubine Cheng,
Imperial Noble Consort Zhuangshun and
other concubines of the
previous emperor during...
- The
Concubine (Korean: 후궁: 제왕의 첩; RR: Hugoong:
Jewangui Chub; lit. "Royal
Concubine:
Concubine to the King") is a 2012
South Korean historical erotic thriller...
