concubinage
Kept woman status
Concubinage is the practice or state of living with a sexual partner outside of marriage, particularly in an arrangement with unequal status.
Historically, a concubine held a recognized but subordinate position to a wife: The emperor maintained an elaborate system of concubinage.
The term now appears mainly in historical or legal contexts.
Wives' sequestered quarters
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
- mistressIllicit female lover
- consortRoyal spouse
- odalisqueHarem slave or attendant
seraglio · polygyny · patriarchal · biblical · pharaoh · emperor · sultanate · dynasty
Dwelling together unmarried
- common-lawLegal status through custom
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- bigamyIllegal second marriage
- polygamyMultiple concurrent spouses
adultery · fornication · annulment · conjugal · marital · palimony · inheritance · paternity
Illicit female lover
- paramourLover in secret affair
- keptDidn't give away
- favoriteMost liked option
- liaisonConnector between groups
secondary · unofficial · clandestine · arrangement · companionship · intimacy · attachment · devotion
Japanese arts entertainer
- haremWives' sequestered quarters
- purdahWomen's concealment practice
- polygynyMultiple simultaneous wives
- handmaidenPersonal female attendant
Illegal transport for profit
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
bondage · enslavement · coercion · subjugation · powerlessness · captivity · abuse · forced
harem
Wives' sequestered quarters
odalisque · seraglio · polygyny · patriarchal · biblical · pharaoh · emperor · sultanate · dynasty · feudalism
cohabitation
Dwelling together unmarried
- common-lawLegal status through custom
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- bigamyIllegal second marriage
polygamy · adultery · fornication · annulment · conjugal · marital · palimony · inheritance · paternity · succession
mistress
Illicit female lover
liaison · secondary · unofficial · clandestine · arrangement · companionship · intimacy · attachment · devotion · fidelity
geisha
Japanese arts entertainer
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
servitude · bondage · enslavement · coercion · subjugation · powerlessness · captivity · abuse · forced · unwilling
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- forbidden loveforbidden love, forbidden romance, illicit love, secret love, forbidden fruit
- sexual customssexual norms, sexual taboos, marriage customs, courtship, virginity
- slave tradeslave markets, slave auction, slave ships, slave trader, slave auctions
- sexual sinsfornication, adultery, lust, lechery, lewdness
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
concubinagewedlock
State of being spouses
marriage · matrimony · holy matrimony · legal marriage · civil marriage
concubinagecelibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
chastity · abstinence · virginity · marital fidelity · continence