Concubinage is an interpersonal relationship in which a person (usually a woman) engages in an ongoing sexual relationship with another person (usually a man) to whom they are not or cannot be married. The inability to marry may be due a multiplicity of factors, such as differences in social rank (including sex slave status), an extant marriage, r... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concubinage
• (n.) 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. • (n.) The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/concubinage/
the state of cohabitation of a man and a woman without the full sanctions of legal marriage. The word is derived from the Latin con (`with`) and ... [3 related articles] Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/125
Cohabitation of a man with one or more women who do not have the full status of a wife. Concubines were permitted in ancient Greece and their children were legitimate if recognized by their fathers.... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
Cohabitation of a man and a woman more uxorio (as if they were husband and wife) outside of religious marriage Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22059
Con·cu'bi·nage noun 1. The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine. » In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of in... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/129