Concubine

CONCUBINE - A woman who cohabits with a man as his wife, without being married.
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where fathers were more willing to marry their daughters with smaller dowries to social inferiors. Unmarried sons often entered the church or the military. Though single, these men might still establish families by having children with concubines.

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