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# consort

noun (consorts); verb (consorts, consorted, consorting)

«consort» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A consort is a husband or wife, especially the partner of a king or queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#m1)
2. (old use) A consort is a group of musicians who play together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#m2)
3. To consort with someone is to keep company with them, often with disapproval. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#m3)

### In the lessons

in the lessons, the queen who sits beside the king, or a companion; in fairy tales, a wife or husband of a ruler

### Examples

- The king and his consort sat on the throne. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#x1)
- The queen was the consort of the old king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#x2)
- Alas, come down, my consort! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#x3)
- Do not consort with those bad men. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths; a consort is one partner, so a king and his consort count as two people.

## In Jewish tradition

In Daniel it is a royal wife. In Hosea the verb means to keep company with, in a sinful way.

**Interpretation.** Hosea's words are read as a warning that the people's idol worship is like unfaithfulness, and that leaders must not excuse it.

### Examples

- Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his lords, his consorts and his concubines, drank in them. (Writings DAN.5.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consort/#x1)
- I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves consort with lewd women, and they sacrifice with harlots; and the people that is without understanding is distraught. (Prophets HOS.4.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consort/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths; a consort is one partner, so a king and his consort count as two people.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «consort» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consort/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«consort» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/consort.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «consort» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consort/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«consort» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/consort.html) on Mova free.