資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Contubernal \Con*tu"ber*nal\, Contubernial \Con`tu*ber"ni*al\,
   a. [L. contubernalis a tent companion, fr. contubernium tent
   companionship.]
   Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.

         Humble folk ben Christes friends: they ben contubernial
         with the Lord, thy King.                 --Chaucer.