Side-wife

Synonyms for "side-wife"

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If, however, his wife gave him a handmaiden and he had children by her, he was then barred from taking a side-wife (as a concubine was called).

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She was also a 'sidewife'. Nobody talks about it because she is a rich entrepreneur.

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A gilly (or sheevin) is a side-wife taken by a man who already has a legal wife.

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For one who has no husband, as well as for one who acts as a side-wife for a person, who has formed a household, or who lives elsewhere and is not enumerated together [with a husband or children on a population register], […]

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