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paelicatus

paelicatus, the fact or condition of being a paelex (concubine, mistress)

1 paelicatus [CL paelex+-atus] , licentious (sexually). pelex ‥ unde ~us, -a, -um ‥ luxuriosus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 305.
2 paelicatus [CL] 1 fact or condition of being a concubine. 10‥ in ~u, on cifeshade WW; 10‥ ~us, cyfeshade WW. 2 practice of keeping concubines. ille versificus septimo divinae legis libro de pelice fraudulenta Samsonis, quae subdola pelicatus persuasione sinagogae tipum praetulit Aldh. PR 115; Samson ‥ perfidi pelicatus stupro enerviter deceptus Id. VirgP 53; ut nunquam feratur in eorum thalamos nisi legitimas uxores isse, nec eorum quemquam pelicatu aliquo pudicitiam contristasse W. Malm. GR V 400; Edwius ‥ pontificis animos irritavit, ut et ipsum a Christianitate suspenderet, et ganee pelicatum ‥ interrumperet Id. GP I 17; siquidem statim firmarii ecclesiarum ejecti, simoniaci dampnati, pelicatus presbyterorum inhibiti, amplexus consanguineorum deturbati, pluraque in hunc modum illicita, que antehac impune vagabantur, castigata Ib. 61. 3 adultery. pelex ‥ unde hic ~us ‥ adulterium Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 416.

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