| 词汇 | concubinage |
| 释义 | concubinage noun[ U ] uk /kɒnˈkjuː.bɪ.nɪdʒ/ us /kɑːnˈkjuː.bə.nɪdʒ/ the practice of having concubines: 纳妾 Communist revolutionaries banned bigamy and concubinage in China.在中国，共产革命禁止了重婚和纳妾。 Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships adulteress affinal as husband and wifeidiom be an itemidiom be shacked upidiom have something going with someoneidiom hear wedding bellsidiom hitched honest husband matrimony monogamist monogamous monogamously ménage à trois shack shack up situationship something together Examples of concubinageconcubinage On the other hand, it was seen as comparable to concubinage. Marriage, with its legal commitments, is primarily associated with property and social position and a common law concubinage often takes its place. It goes without saying that arguing about the home also meant arguing about women's status in it, legal rights, and concubinage. The majority of pregnancies in concubinages did not lead to successful offspring. Furthermore, this mention of simony and concubinage also points to a community of affluent clerics and archons who are able to disburse funds in such a manner. The injunction made in the latter not only casts light on the cliché of the ill-married woman (treated in more detail below), but also bears on the legitimacy of concubinage. While many of the changes in gender relations described in the book did take place, this work seems to ignore the widespread practice of friar concubinage. Does "family" mean a man and a woman in marriage or a man and a woman in concubinage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The deserted spouse is condemned to a life of celibacy or a life of concubinage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are the only two possible human relationships between a man and a woman either marriage or concubinage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not known that because the law does not ascribe any special capacities or incapacities to persons living together in a state of concubinage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they were not to live in a state of legal concubinage the law had to be altered so that they might be married. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How are they to disprove the concubinage at that particular period? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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