POLYGAMY
\pˌɒlɪɡˈami], \pˌɒlɪɡˈami], \p_ˌɒ_l_ɪ_ɡ_ˈa_m_i]\
Definitions of POLYGAMY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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The state or habit of having more than one mate.
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The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The state or habit of having more than one mate.
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The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
By Noah Webster.
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The social institution involving legal and/or religious sanction whereby men and women are joined together for the purpose of founding a family unit.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
