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concubinate

concubinate noun: a concubinage.

Noun

concubinate (plural concubinates)

  1. (obsolete) A concubinage.
    • Polygamy was never desired, nor Divorces, or Concubinate practised .1696, Stephen Nye, A Discourse concerning Natural and Revealed Religion

Forms of concubinate

pluralconcubinates

Origin of concubinate

Latin concubinatus.

Questions about concubinate

What does concubinate mean?
Concubinate means a concubinage.
What part of speech is concubinate?
Concubinate is a noun.
What is the plural of concubinate?
The plural of concubinate is concubinates.

Words near concubinate in the dictionary

  1. concubinages
  2. concubinal
  3. concubinarian
  4. concubinarians
  5. concubinary
  6. concubinate
  7. concubinates
  8. concubinatus
  9. concubine
  10. concubines
  11. concubinious

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