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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Giving up his five wives and dozen concubines, Vladimir demanded that all his subjects in Kiev become baptized.
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He is refused hospitality by the rich village priest, who lives with a concubine .
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He was the elder brother of Burun's father, the son of a concubine , never acknowledged as heir.
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On the death of his third wife, Charles lived with no less than three concubines who bore him numerous children.
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Pharaoh's daughter would probably be a daughter by one of his concubines, not a princess of blood-royal.
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The priest and his concubine retire; the guest soon seduces the girl with the promise of the sheepskin in payment.
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The priest had to be denounced by his parishioners; many with concubines would have escaped challenge.
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There is little doubt that those Roman writers who equate slaves with concubines were telling the truth.