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Vinony

concubinage

noun

  1. sexual relationship in which the couple are not or cannot be married
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin concubīnuslbor. French concubin Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French concubinagebor. English concubinage Borrowed from French concubinage.

  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.”