concubinage

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The state of cohabiting or living together as man and wife while not married
The state of being a concubine
{n} the keeping of a mistress, fornication
{i} state of being a concubine; practice of living together without being legally married
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
Cohabitation of a man and a woman without the full sanctions of legal marriage. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the term concubine has been generally applied exclusively to women; Western studies of non-Western societies use it to refer to partners who are sanctioned by law but lack the status of full wives. See also common-law marriage; harem; polygamy
The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine
cohabitation without being legally married
concubinate
concubinage

    Silbentrennung

    con·cu·bi·nage

    Türkische aussprache

    känkyubınıc

    Aussprache

    /känˈkyo͞obənəʤ/ /kɑːnˈkjuːbənəʤ/

    Etymologie

    () concubine +‎ -age
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