concubitant

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noun

One who is obliged to marry another by custom.

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Meanings

nounconcubitant (plural concubitants)

plural concubitants

  1. One who is obliged to marry another by custom.

    The epithet applied to cross-cousins is veindavolani, which means "marriageable," literally "concubitants"; the epithet applied to ortho-cousins is veinganeni, which means "not marriageable," literally "those who shun each other."

    1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 2, page 181
adjectiveconcubitant (not comparable)
  1. not comparableObliged to marry by custom.
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APA

concubitant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concubitant

MLA

“concubitant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concubitant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “concubitant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concubitant.

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