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Definitions of polygamy in various dictionaries:
noun - having more than one spouse at a time
The condition or practice of having more than one spouse at one time.
A mating pattern in which a single individual mates with more than one individual of the opposite sex.
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| On July 12, 1843 Joseph Smith announced that a divine revelation sanctioned this practice |
| It's the 4-syllable practice of having more than one spouse at the same time |
| Married at 15 to a man with 5 wives, Susan Ray Schmidt later wrote "Favorite Wife: Escape from" this 8-letter practice |
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| the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. |
| having more than one spouse at a time |
| The condition or practice of having more than one spouse at one time. Also called plural marriage. |
| Zoology A mating pattern in which a single individual mates with more than one individual of the opposite sex. |
| the fact or custom of being married to more than one person at the same time |
| the custom or condition of being married to more than one person at the same time |
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Polygamy (from Late Greek , polygamía, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at a time, sociologists call this polygyny. When a woman is married to more than one husband at a time, it is called polyandry. If a marriage includes multiple husbands and wives, it can be called a group marriage. * In contrast, monogamy is marriage consisting of only two parties. Like "monogamy", the term "polygamy" is often used in a de facto sense, applied regardless of whether the state recognizes the relationship. In sociobiology and zoology, researchers use polygamy in a broad sense to mean any form of multiple mating. * Worldwide, different societies variously encourage, accept or outlaw polygamy. Of societies which allow or tolerate polygamy, in the vast majority of cases the form accepted is polygyny. According to the Ethnographic Atlas (1998), of 1,231 societies noted, 588 had frequent polygyny, 453 had occasional p |