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[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

In several countries, and absolutely historically, it’s actually been a government-classified relationship status.

It just means people involved in a romantic and sexual relationship who are unable to legally marry for whatever reason (because they are already married, because they aren’t legally qualified, such as one member is from a slave caste, etc)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concubinage