Concubine
21concubine — Femme qui, sans être mariée, a commerce de chair avec un homme, qui quelquefois est marié, lui. Monsieur H**, disait un jeune homme au savant professeur que nous venons de perdre, j’ai eu l’honneur de me présenter chez vous, et je n’y… …
22concubine — A woman who habitually assumes and exercises toward a man not her husband the rights and privileges which belong to the matrimonial relation. Anon v Anon, 172 Ind 134. The concubine must not be confounded with the courtezan, or even with what is… …
23Concubine Forming — Origin Buffalo, New York, United States Genres Noise rock Years active 1999–2005 Associated acts Longwave, The Lost Sounds …
24Concubīne, die — Die Concubīne, plur. die n, aus dem mittlern Lat. Concubina, eine Person weiblichen Geschlechtes, mit welcher man ehelich lebet, ohne nach den Gebräuchen der Kirche ehelich mit derselben verbunden zu seyn; eine Beyschläferinn, mit einem… …
25concubine — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin concubina, from com + cubare to lie Date: 14th century a woman with whom a man cohabits without being married: as a. one having a recognized social status in a household below that of… …
26CONCUBINE — n. f. Celle qui vit avec un homme en état de concubinage …
27concubine — /kong kyeuh buyn , kon /, n. 1. a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, esp. one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress. 2. (among polygamous peoples) a secondary wife, usually of inferior rank. 3. (esp …
28concubine — noun a) A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife. b) A slave girl for sexual service prominent in all ancient cultures …
29concubine — Synonyms and related words: better half, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, common law wife, debt slave, doxy, feme, feme covert, galley slave, goodwife, goody, helot, helpmate, helpmeet,… …
30concubine — A secondary wife on whom Hebrew law conferred certain minimal rights (Deut. 21:15–17). Sarah and Rachel gave their handmaidens to their husbands to bear children when it seemed they were infertile (Gen. 16:1–3; 30:3–6) as also did Leah… …
