Look up: polygamy

1. Polygamy
   A form of marriage in which a person may have two or more spouses simultaneously.
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2. polygamy
   [n] - having more than one wife at a time
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3. Polygamy
   A system where a husband can have more that one wife
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4. Polygamy
   a form of marriage uniting three or more people
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5. Polygamy
   Po·lyg"a·my noun [ Greek ...; confer French polygamie .] 1. The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy ; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy . See the Note under Bigamy , and confer Polyandry
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6. polygamy
   1. The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry. ... 2. <zoology> The state or habit of having mo …
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7. polygamy
   noun having more than one spouse at a time
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8. polygamy
   (pә-lig´ә-me) the practice of having two or more spouses at one time.
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9. Polygamy
   • (n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry. • (n.) The condition or state of a p...
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10. polygamy
    (from the article `social behaviour in animals`) Supermasculinity, as well as being correlated with female care of the young, is also associated with polygamy. The mating of several animals of one ... Gallinaceous birds vary considerably in reproductive behaviour, some exhibiting monogamous pair formation with a pair bond lasting throug...
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11. polygamy
    (from the article `flower`) ...and female flowers are on different plants, the plant is dioecious (e.g., date, holly, cottonwood, willow); when there are male, female, and ...
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12. polygamy
    marriage to more than one spouse at a time—either polygyny, marriage with more than one woman, or polyandry (q.v.), marriage with more than one man. ... [8 related articles]
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13. polygamy
    polygamy Their are cultures in this world that have polygamy as an acceptable form of life.
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14. polygamy
    polygamy, polygamous 1. The civil offense of having several wives or husbands at the same time; or having more than two wives or husbands at the same time. 2. Bigamy literally means a second marriage distinguished from a third or additional marriage; while polygamy means many marriages and implies more than two. —Word Info image © ALL rights rese...
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