Definition of "companionate" [companionate]

• Having the qualities of a companion. (adjective)
• Harmonious; suitable. (adjective)

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• "Ruth you called your companionate, a beauty from the bible, of the flushpots of Euston and the hanging garments of Maryle-bone."
• "Why, then, is homosexual sex in the same context (a long-term companionate union) wrong (Macedo, 1995)?"
• "And very few people are going to give up the idea of companionate marriage completely."