Concubine definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CONCUBINE, n. [L., to lie together, to lie down.] 1. A ... 1: a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English ... as com-, cubina f. cubare lie) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Concubine Con"cu*bine, n. [F., fr. L. concubina; con- + cubare ... with a man without being his wife; a paramour. Note: Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour ... father. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (concubines) In former times, a concubine was a woman who lived with and had a ...
Concubinage definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CONCUBINAGE, n. [See Concubine.] The act or practice of cohabiting, as man and woman ... she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: cohabitation without being ... persons not legally married 2. the state of being a concubine Britannica Concise Cohabitation of a man and a woman without ... the full sanctions of legal marriage. The Judeo-Christian term concubine has been generally applied exclusively to women; Western studies of ... each other. 2 the state of being or having a concubine. Etymology: ME f. F (as concubine) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Concubinage Con*cu"bi*nage, ...
... 2: a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English ... N International Standard Bible Encyclopedia par'-a-moor (pilleghesh, "a concubine," masculine or feminine): A term applied in Eze 23:20 to the male lover, but elsewhere translated "concubine." Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Lover (in a bad sense), leman. 2. Concubine, mistress. Moby Thesaurus Casanova, admirer, adorer, amorist, concubine, doxy, follower, infatuate, kept mistress, kept woman, lover, mistress, playmate ...
... room Date: circa 1681 1. a female slave 2. a concubine in a harem Oxford Reference Dictionary n. hist. an Eastern female slave or concubine, esp. in the Turkish Sultan's seraglio. Etymology: F f ... odaliq chambermaid, fr. oda chamber, room.] A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. [Written also odahlic ... bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, courtesan, debt slave, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, femme fatale, galley slave ...
... the weaker party--endures what comes to her as slave, concubine. We have now no longer the "helpmeet" originally destined for ... under the influence of polygamous ideas, presenting Abraham with a concubine. Yet afterward, when she herself had a son, she induced Abraham to drive out into the wilderness this concubine and her son. Now Abraham was humane and kind, and ...
... that the terrible outrage was committed on the Levite's concubine which led to the almost utter extirpation of the tribe ... the farther side of Mt. Ephraim was deserted by his concubine who returned to her father's house in Beth-lehem ... follows the horrible story of outrage upon the Levite's concubine; the way in which he made known his wrongs to ...
... Etymology: Hebrew H?gh?r Date: before 12th century a concubine of Abraham driven into the desert with her son Ishmael ... age of having children, gave Hagar to Abram as a concubine. As Hagar was not an ordinary household slave but the ... in the domestic quarrel, and renouncing his rights over his concubine, and her claims on him, put her entirely at Sarai ...
... impropriety of taking to wife Rizpah, who had been a concubine of King Saul, he found an excuse for going over ... and his master soon had a quarrel over Saul's concubine, Rizpah, with whom Abner was intimate. It was certainly an ...
... idols. (1.) The name of Saul's son by the concubine Rizpah (q.v.), the daughter of Aiah. He and his ... BAAL (which see); Memphibosthe): (1) Son of Saul by his concubine RIZPAH (which see), daughter of Aiah (2Sa 21:8). See ...
... 1: a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour] Merriam Webster's also doxie noun (plural ... punk, woman of the town. See courtesan. Moby Thesaurus chippy, concubine, floozy, girl friend, grisette, inamorata, kept mistress, kept woman, lover ...
... and the personality of the wife. The difference between a concubine and a wife was largely due to the wife's ... to defend her. A slave could not be made a concubine without the wife's consent (Ge 16:2). 3. Wedding ...
... HANDED WIFE Definitions 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A concubine; an allusion to an ancient German custom, according to which, when a man married his concubine, or a woman greatly his inferior, he gave her his ...
... Domitii by his two nurses Ecloge and Alexandria and his concubine Acte (Suetonius L). Thus perished on July 9, 68 AD ... the last, and his two old nurses and cast-off concubine to care affectionately for his remains, and for a long ...
... Judges 9: Episode of Abimelech, son of Gideon by a concubine, who by the murder of all but one of his ... 19-21: Outrage of the Benjamites of Gibeah against the concubine of a Levite lodging for a night in the city ...