Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CONCUBINE
concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour
(noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
concubine (plural concubines)
A sexual partner, especially a woman, to whom one is not or cannot be married.
A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
(chiefly historical) A slave-girl or woman, kept for instance in a harem, who is held for sexual service.
Synonyms
• (unmarried sexual partner): mistress, sprunk; see sexual partner or mistress
• (woman who lives with a man): cohabitor
• (slave-girl): odalisque
Source: Wiktionary
Con"cu*bine, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. concubina; con- + cubare to lie down, concumbere to lie together, akin to E. cubit.]
1. A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.
Note: Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour as well as of a female. Trench.
2. A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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