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<hw>Con*cu"bi*na*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practice of concubinage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Strype.</i>

<h1>Concubinage</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cu"bi*nage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine.</def>

<note>&hand; In some countries, <i>concubinage</i> is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of inferior condition, to whom the husband does not convey his rank or quality. Under Roman law, it was the living of a man and woman in sexual relations without marriage, but in conformity with local law.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Concubinal</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cu"bi*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concubinalis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to concubinage.</def>

<h1>Concubinarian</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cu`bi*na"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>Concubinary.</def>

<blockquote>The married and <b>concubinarian</b>, as well as looser clergy. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Concubinary</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cu"bi*na*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>concubinarius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage.</def>

<h1>Concubinary</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cu"bi*na*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Concubinaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <def>One who lives in concubinage.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Concubinate</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cu"bi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concubinatus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Concubinage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Concubine</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con"cu*bine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>concubina</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>cubare</ets> to lie down, <ets>concumbere</ets> to lie together, akin to E. <ets>cubit</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Concubine</i> has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour as well as of a female.</note>

<i>Trench.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Conculcate</h1> <Xpage=297>

<hw>Con*cul"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Concultated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Conculcating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>conculcatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>conculcare</ets> to conculcate fr. <ets>calx</ets> heel.]</ety> <def>To tread or trample under foot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Montagu</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Con`cul*ca"tion</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>