adulterine
Origin of adulterine
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How to use adulterine in a sentence
Under the treaty of Wallingford one thousand one hundred and fifteen adulterine castles were to be razed.
He even contemplated securing the throne to them, though they were thus doubly adulterine.
The History of Prostitution | William W. SangerAbrogation of every law establishing the civil inferiority of women and natural or adulterine children.
Socialism and Democracy in Europe | Samuel P. OrthHe sent Stephen's mercenaries over the sea and (p. 140) completed the destruction of the 'adulterine castles.'
A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) | Samuel R. Gardiner.No attempt, however, seems to have been made forcibly to dissolve the adulterine gilds.
Education in England in the Middle Ages | Albert William Parry
British Dictionary definitions for adulterine
/ (əˈdʌltərɪn, -ˌriːn, -ˌraɪn) /
of or made by adulteration; fake
conceived in adultery: an adulterine child
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