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A joint accusation.

The practice of concubinage. [Obs.] Strype.

The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine.

Of or pertaining to concubinage.

Concubinary. The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman.

Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage.

Concubinage. [Obs.] Johnson.

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.

To tread or trample under foot. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu -- Con`cul*ca"tion (, n. [Obs.]

Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne.

Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Johnson.

Relating to concupiscence. [Obs.] Johnson.

Concupiscent. [Obs.]

Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires. Shak.

The state of being concupiscible. [Obs.]

Concupiscence.

To run together; to meet. [Obs.] Anon they fierce encountering both concurred With grisly looks and faces like their fates. J. Hughes.

The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke.

Concurrence.

Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect; coöperating. I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies. The concurrent testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton.