Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-TU'BERN-AL
CON'TRO-VERT-ISTCON-TU-MA'CIOUS
CON-TU'BERN-AL, a. [L. contubernalis, from contubernium; con and tuberna.]
Pertaining to fellowship in a mess or lodging; denoting a species of concubinage.
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