Companioned

For contemporaries, perhaps the most shocking thing about the Black Death was that fear of contagion led people to abandon the sick, leaving them to die alone, like animals. The human condition demanded a companioned death.

Ideally, the two people involved in a companioned relationship will build deep levels of faith and trust in each other through the sharing of their faith stories, Scripture, and prayer.

That maiden I will leave yet a while at the caravanserai, and come hither with a companioned steed and bear this girl into the city, while you follow behind with your slaves.