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Moreover the term concubina did not have the sense of a casual mistress or prostitute, but of a monogamous, long-term union.9 However, it was one thing for an emperor to live with his concubine, and quite another for that concubine to be accepted as the prospective ancestress of his future family line.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Putatur autem istum Mahomet habuisse generationis ortum de Ismael Abrahæ filio naturali de concubina
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Putatur autem istum Mahomet habuisse generationis ortum de Ismael Abrah� filio naturali de concubina
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Timnah autem fuit concubina Eliphaz filii Esau, et peperit ipsi
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Et fuit quum habitaret Israel in terra ipsa, profectus est Reuben, et concubuit cum Bilhah concubina patris sui: et audivit Israel.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Et concubina ejus, cujus nomen Reumah, peperit etiam ipsa Tebah, et
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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Huga, king of the Franks, had a filium quem ex concubina genuit -- Widukind, _Res Gest.
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Jugurthamque, filium Mastanabalis fratris, quem Masinissa, quod ortus ex concubina erat, privatum dereliquerat, [42] eodem cultu quo liberos suos domi habuit.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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In England, late in the thirteenth century, Bracton speaks of the _concubina legitima_ as entitled to certain rights and considerations, and it was the same in other parts of Europe, sometimes for several centuries later (see Lea, _History of Sacerdotal Celibacy_, vol. i, p. 230).
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899
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Gulielmus dixit quod ita magnum peccatum erat jacere cum uxore sua quam cum concubina.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
frangarnes commented on the word concubina
Mujer que vive en relación marital con un hombre sin estar casados // Related words: querida, amante
October 22, 2007
seanahan commented on the word concubina
Or the considerably rarer concubino.
October 22, 2007
frangarnes commented on the word concubina
I'm not sure, but I think concubino isn't a Spanish word. Go to the link of that word to read my answer
October 22, 2007