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concubitant

Meaning of "concubitant" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CONCUBITANT

kɒnˈkjuːbɪtənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONCUBITANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Concubitant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONCUBITANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of concubitant in the English dictionary

The definition of concubitant in the dictionary is a person obliged to marry another, especially a woman obliged to marry her husband's brother on her husband's death.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONCUBITANT

annuitant · blatant · cohabitant · competent · concomitant · excitant · exorbitant · habitant · hesitant · incompetent · inhabitant · intermittent · irritant · latent · mightn´t · militant · palpitant · penitent · supernatant · visitant

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONCUBITANT

concubinage · concubinary · concubine · concubitancy · concupiscence · concupiscent · concupiscible · concupy · concur · concurred · concurrence · concurrency · concurrent · concurrent engineering · concurrent processing · concurrent user · concurrent versions system · concurrently · concurring · concuss

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONCUBITANT

abirritant · assistant · counterirritant · crepitant · equitant · incapacitant · incitant · incogitant · infinitant · latitant · nonirritant · nonmilitant · oscitant · regurgitant · rehabilitant · resuscitant · revisitant · solicitant · strepitant · ultramilitant · volitant

Synonyms and antonyms of concubitant in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «concubitant» into 25 languages

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concubitant
1,325 millions of speakers
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concubitant
570 millions of speakers
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concubitant
510 millions of speakers
hi

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concubitant
380 millions of speakers
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concubitant
280 millions of speakers
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concubitant
278 millions of speakers
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concubitant
270 millions of speakers
bn

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concubitant
260 millions of speakers
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concubitant
220 millions of speakers
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Bersimpati
190 millions of speakers
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concubitant
180 millions of speakers
ja

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concubitant
130 millions of speakers
ko

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concubitant
85 millions of speakers
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Concubitant
85 millions of speakers
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concubitant
80 millions of speakers
ta

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concubitant
75 millions of speakers
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Concubitant
75 millions of speakers
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concubitant
70 millions of speakers
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concubitant
65 millions of speakers
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concubitant
50 millions of speakers
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concubitant
40 millions of speakers
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concubitant
30 millions of speakers
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concubitant
15 millions of speakers
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concubitant
14 millions of speakers
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concubitant
10 millions of speakers
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concubitant
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONCUBITANT»

Discover the use of concubitant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to concubitant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Totemism and Exogamy, Vol. II (in Four Volumes)
Vanualevu, the offspring of a brother and sister respectively and a sister do not become concubitant until the second generation, a^'notTM^ In the first generation they are called tabu, but marriage allowed is not actually prohibited." 1 Thus in ...
Sir James George Frazer, 2013
2
Marriage and Worship in the Early Societies A Treatise on ...
Vanualevu, the offspring of a brother and sister respectively and a sister do not become concubitant until the second generation, !^pn:0"vcly' In the first generation they are called tabu, but marriage allowed is not actually prohibited." l Thus in ...
Sir James George Frazer, 1995
3
The Lancet
The total number of cousin marriages thus represented was 68, of which 33 were concubitant and 35 were tabu. Following Thomson's method of showing relative - fecundity and relative vitality — 33 concubitant couples had 165 children, ...
4
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great ...
It will thus be seen that the concubitant and tabu alternate generation after generation.. The children of concubitants must be tabu, and the children respectively of tabu must be concubitant. It must of course happen, that persons who are ...
5
The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great ...
It will thus be seen that the concubitant and tabu alternate generation after generation. The children of concubitants must be tabu, and the children respectively of tabu must be concubitant. It must of course happen, that persons who are ...
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Journal
It will thus be seen that the concubitant and tabu alternate generation after generation. The children of concubitants must be tabu, and the children respectively of tabu must be concubitant. It must of course happen, that persons who are ...
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1971
7
Migrations, Myth and Magic from the Gilbert Islands: Early ...
The concubitant relationship of a man with his brother's wives and his wife's sisters appears to be identical With that recognized in Fiji, but here the resem— blance between the two systems ends. Fijian marriage is, With certain exceptions , ...
Rosemary Grimble, 2013
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The Fijians
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com.
Basil Thomson, 2012
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-3. An ethnographical survey of totemism (cont.)
Vanualevu, the offspring of a brother and sister respectively and asisler do not become concubitant until the second generation. are no, In the first generation they are called tabu, but marriage allowed is not actually prohibited.”1 Thus in ...
Sir James George Frazer, 1910
10
The Social and Political Systems of Central Polynesia
... closely connected. TONGA We know very little of the matrimonial restrictions of Tonga, from the point of View either of incest or of group exogamy. Thomson, who uses the term “ concubitant” to represent the matrimonial relationship between ...
Robert W. Williamson, 2013
REFERENCE
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