concubinage

English - Turkish

Definition of concubinage in English Turkish dictionary

kapatma olarak yaşama

flört hayatı

{i} metreslik

odalık olarak yaşama hali

{i} birlikte yaşama

{i} cariyelik

beraber yaşama

{i} nikâhsız birliktelik

English - English

Definition of concubinage in English English dictionary

The state of cohabiting or living together as man and wife while not married

The state of being a concubine

{n} the keeping of a mistress, fornication

{i} state of being a concubine; practice of living together without being legally married

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

Cohabitation of a man and a woman without the full sanctions of legal marriage. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the term concubine has been generally applied exclusively to women; Western studies of non-Western societies use it to refer to partners who are sanctioned by law but lack the status of full wives. See also common-law marriage; harem; polygamy

The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine

cohabitation without being legally married

concubinate

Hyphenation

con·cu·bi·nage

Turkish pronunciation

känkyubınıc

Pronunciation

/känˈkyo͞obənəʤ/ /kɑːnˈkjuːbənəʤ/

Etymology

() concubine +‎ -age