Definitions for "POLYGAMY"
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A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel, fitted with several stools of repentance, as distinguished from monogamy, which has but one.
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.
The state or habit of having more than one mate.
the practice of having more than one wife or husband at a time.
A mating system in which a male mates with more than one female (polygyny) or a female mates with more male (polyandry).
Marriage in which a person has more than one spouse.
Marriage to more than one spouse at the same time. Men of the Muslim faith are legally allowed four wives at one time.
Any mating system, including polyandry and polygymy, in which one member of a sex monopolizes the reproductive efforts of several members of the other sex.
To be married to several people at the same time.
To have many mates at the same time.
The state or philosophy of having more than one spouse. Sometimes used interchangeably with polygyny.
A surprisingly unpopular social scenario, at least in the West, which most accurately maps social life among other high primates. In this model, an able and powerful male accumulates a group of healthy females and impregnates them, thus ensuring that the best genes are passed to the next generation; less successful males are forbidden reproductive access. Strange that of all the different social forms which are proposed nowadays, this alone has no pressure groups or protest movements campaigning for its introduction.
plural marriage, usually with one man and two or more wives.
Form of bonding in which one individual has more than one mate.
An umbrella term encompassing both polyandry and polygyny.
Gr. poly: many + gamos: marriage] • A breeding system in which an individual acquires more than one mate. In polyandry, a female mates with more than one male, in polygyny, a male mates with more than one female.
A state of legal marriage among three or more people of any gender combination. Adjective: "polygamous".
(po-LYG-a-my). Marriage to more than one spouse at a time.
having more than one spouse at a time
Custom of being married to more than one person at a time. Usually the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time.
The practice of having more than one mate at a time. See Monogamy.
pol-IG-ah-mee A mating system in which a member of one sex associates with several members of the opposite sex. 830
A social system in which a male mates with more than one female. Many hummingbirds are polygamous and are sometimes said to have a "harem." See promiscuity.
(Primatology) A mating system where both males and females mate with multiple partners.
marriage of a person to more than one spouse.
Being married to two or more people simultaneously.
The practice of men having more than one wife was started by Joseph Smith in the early/mid 1830's and ostensibly ended in 1890. It is not now practiced within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon Church headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Members found practicing it are excommunicated. While the practice was ended, the revelation teaching it is still in Mormon scripture (D&C 132). Some Mormon splinter groups believe the teaching was for eternity and still practice it. These modern-day polygamists (called fundamentalists) number in the 30,000-50,000 range.
In some cultures, the practice of marrying more than one wife.
Plural marriage; marriage to more than one spouse at one time.
The condition of having more than one spouse at the same time.
A man or woman who is married to more than one person at a time.
A marriage with more than one spouse. Polyandry refers to the marriage form in which one women marries more than one man. Polygyny refers to the marriage form in which one man marries more than one woman.
A marital practice in which a person has more than one spouse simultaneously.
Being married to more than one person at the same time. Illegal in most countries.
the practice of having more than one wife at a time; Mormons referred to this as a “plural marriage
One person with multiple marriage partners.
Marriage practice in which one husband had several wives; practiced in Aryan society. (p. 59)
The concurrent marriage of a person of one sex with two or more members of the opposite sex.
The term polygamy (many marriages in late Greek) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology and sociology.