concubinage

an official union of lesser status than a marriage, often with status inequality between the partners
Organization marital_status Q188790
concubinage
François-Joseph Navez · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

concubinage is a marital status[1]. concubinage draws 13,103 Wikipedia views per month (marital status category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: interpersonal relationship[3]
  • Has part(s): concubine[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Concubinage[5]
  • Facet of: common-law marriage[6]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[7], Pauly–Wissowa[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], The Catholic Encyclopedia[12], The American Cyclopædia[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]

Why It Matters

concubinage has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] concubinage is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pixiv encyclopedia id → 内縁
    Facet of → common-law marriage
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX527923
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX527923"
  2. 8w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pixiv encyclopedia id → 内縁
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Pixiv encyclopedia id: 妾"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → marital status
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 103832
    Instance of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007553043505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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