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Definition of concubine

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Concubine (n.) 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..

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Concubinage :: Concubinage (n.) The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine.

Concubine :: Concubine (n.) 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..

Concubine :: Concubine (n.) A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.

Harem :: Harem (n.) The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio..

Trug :: Trug (n.) A concubine; a harlot.

Seraglio :: Seraglio (n.) A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery..

Mistress :: Mistress (n.) A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually..

Concubinage :: Concubinage (n.) 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..

Odalisque :: Odalisque (n.) A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.