- plural of concubine.
concubines
Example Sentences
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The nizam’s court, with its sumptuous palaces, its concubines, its rituals and recitations of poetry and music, was the chief inheritor of the archaic grandeur of the moguls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
In many cases, they openly lived with concubines, had children, and worked to ensure that their children receive lucrative positions in the Church.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Criminals, slaves and concubines were tattooed, and some ethnic groups tattooed themselves to ward off evil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2019
And an ancient Chinese tale has a robotic man dance and flirt with royal concubines, angering King Mu before its creator reveals its artificial nature.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018
And then after a while she said again, “As for our son, there was not even a child among the concubines of the Old Master himself to compare to him in beauty and in dress.”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
