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concubinacy

concubinacy noun: the practice of concubinage.

Noun

concubinacy (usually uncountable, plural concubinacies)

  1. (obsolete, usually) The practice of concubinage.
    • He had the Welsh bishoprics also visited; wherein much gross ignorance, and many remainders of superstition, and particularly concubinacy, prevailed among the Clergy1711, John Strype, Life and Acts of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury

Forms of concubinacy

pluralconcubinacies

Questions about concubinacy

What does concubinacy mean?
Concubinacy means the practice of concubinage.
What part of speech is concubinacy?
Concubinacy is a noun.
What is the plural of concubinacy?
The plural of concubinacy is concubinacies.

Words near concubinacy in the dictionary

  1. concretum
  2. concrit
  3. concrits
  4. concrud
  5. concubinacies
  6. concubinacy
  7. concubinage
  8. concubinages
  9. concubinal
  10. concubinarian
  11. concubinarians

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