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“concubinage” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

concubinage
concubinatus: pellicatus (Cic.): to live in concubinage, in concubinatu esse (of a woman, Ulpius, Dig., 25, 7, in.): feminam habere in concubinatu (of the man, ib., §1).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for concubinage?
The usual Latin words for “concubinage” are concubīnātus, pēlicātus, Ulpius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.