单词 | concubinate |
释义 | concubinaten. = concubinage n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > concubinage or secondary marriage concubinagea1425 concubinate1539 concubinacy1609 secondary marriage1788 hetaerism1860 secondary union1950 1539 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xlv. 342 Then the marriage of the Priests should be in the Pope's hands, who might admit the same; and the concubinate of many should be forbidden. 1650 T. Hobbes De Corpore Politico ii. iv. 102 Although for the most part, a Concubine is supposed to yield up the Right of her Children to the Father, yet doth not Concubinate enforce so much. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. G6v Their Matrimonies were concubinates, their children illegitimate. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. v. (R.) Such marriages were esteem'd illegitimate, and no better than a mere concubinate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1539 |
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