concubine's

Kept woman's possessions

The possessive form of concubine, a woman who lives with a man in a sexual relationship without being his legal wife.

Historically, concubines held recognized but subordinate status in households where polygamy or formal mistresses were socially accepted: the concubine's quarters, a concubine's children had limited inheritance rights.

domestic

quarters

Assigned living accommodations

duties · allowance · servant's · residence · lodging · status · inheritance rights · daughters' · lineage

literary

tragic

Causing great sorrow

scheming · loyal · devoted · sorrowful · fate · revenge · rivalry · suffering · longing · sacrifice

status

mistress's

Belonging to a kept lover

historical

emperor's

Belonging to supreme monarch

dynastic · imperial · feudal · polygamous · biblical · Ottoman · nobleman's · aristocratic · ancestral · inherited

Opposites
marital/legal status

concubine'swife's

Of a married woman

spouse's · bride's · empress's · queen's

social standing/power

concubine'squeen's

Of a female monarch

empress's · mistress's · matron's · lady's · noblewoman's

Family

concubine, concubines

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