concubinate

English

Etymology

Latin concubinatus.

Noun

concubinate (plural concubinates)

1. (obsolete) A concubinage.
   • 1696, Stephen Nye, A Discourse concerning Natural and Revealed Religion:

     Polygamy was never desired, nor Divorces, or Concubinate practised .

References

• “concubinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.