consorts in English

noun

1

a wife, husband, or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch.

Apart from the reign of William III, consorts of monarchs have had no constitutional significance whatsoever.

synonyms: partner, life partner, companion, mate, spouse, husband, wife, helpmate

2

a small group of musicians performing together, typically playing instrumental music of the Renaissance period.

a consort of viols

verb

1

habitually associate with (someone), typically with the disapproval of others.

you chose to consort with the enemy

synonyms: associate, keep company, mix, go around, spend time, socialize, fraternize, have dealings, run around, hang around/out, be thick

noun

partner, life partner, companion, mate, spouse, husband, wife, helpmate
choir

verb

associate, accord, affiliate, run
associate, keep company, mix, go around, spend time, socialize, fraternize, have dealings, run around, hang around/out, be thick
accord, concord, harmonize, agree, fit in
affiliate, associate, assort
run

Use "consorts" in a sentence

1. See: List of Toulousain consorts.

2. Other grandchildren became monarchs in their own right or consorts.

3. He therefore ordered the abortion of any of his impregnated consorts.

4. While the light cruiser and her consorts had been operating in the Mediterranean, war had broken out in Korea on 25 June.

5. Consorts of the Caliphs is a seventh/thirteenth-century compilation of anecdotes about thirty-eight women who were, as the title suggests, consorts to those in power, most of them concubines of the early Abbasid Caliphs and wives of latter-day Caliphs and sultans

6. 7 Composers such as Orlando Gibbons , John Jenkins , William Lawes and Henry Purcell wrote prolifically for such viol consorts.

7. Their empress consorts also received both a mitre and crown on their heads from a cardinal bishop at the same ceremony.

8. After the 1644 conquest, imperial consorts and empresses were usually known by their titles and by the name of their patrilineal clan.

9. Dual Berettas Royal Consorts was added to the game on November 28, 2016, as part of The Glove Collection, which was released alongside the “Brothers In …

10. Like floating through a forest, Broken Consorts will envelop you in a cocoon of Bristlings, warblings and ethereal reverberations—a musical experience that exists across and beyond time

11. Wasp and her consorts passed through the Straits of Gibraltar under cover of the pre-dawn darkness on 19 April, avoiding the possibility of being discovered by Spanish or Axis agents.

12. Often these secondary palaces were provided by the powerful Fujiwara family, which especially in the latter part of the Heian period exercised de facto control of politics by providing consorts to successive emperors.

13. ‘One of the commonest consorts in the Elizabethan period was the combination of treble viol or violin, flute or recorder, bass viol, lute, cittern, and Bandora, for which Morley wrote his Consort Lessons in …