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View synonyms for adulterine
adulterine
[ uh-duhl-tuh-reen, -tuh-rahyn ]
adulterine
/ əˈdʌltərɪn; -ˌriːn; -ˌraɪn /
adjective
- of or made by adulteration; fake
- conceived in adultery
an adulterine child
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adulterine1
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Example Sentences
Under the treaty of Wallingford one thousand one hundred and fifteen adulterine castles were to be razed.
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He even contemplated securing the throne to them, though they were thus doubly adulterine.
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Abrogation of every law establishing the civil inferiority of women and natural or adulterine children.
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He sent Stephen's mercenaries over the sea and (p. 140) completed the destruction of the 'adulterine castles.'
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No attempt, however, seems to have been made forcibly to dissolve the adulterine gilds.
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