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concubinage

concubinage noun: the state of cohabiting or living together as man and woman while not married.

Noun

concubinage (countable and uncountable, plural concubinages)

  1. The state of cohabiting or living together as man and woman while not married.
  2. The state of being or keeping a concubine.
    • The existence of concubinage among rulers, and members of upper classes, lead us to think that the ideal of womanhood prevailing among the people could not have been very high.1922, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 220

concubinage meaning in Tagalog

concubinage in Tagalog

the state of being a concubine
pakikiagulo

Forms of concubinage

pluralconcubinages

Origin of concubinage

Borrowed from French concubinage.

Questions about concubinage

What does concubinage mean?
Concubinage means the state of cohabiting or living together as man and woman while not married.
What is concubinage in Tagalog?
Concubinage in Tagalog is pakikiagulo. See Concubinage meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is concubinage?
Concubinage is a noun.
What is the plural of concubinage?
The plural of concubinage is concubinages.

Words near concubinage in the dictionary

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

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