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Polygamize
To practice polygamy to marry several wives
bigamy
+ Greek gamos marriage] : the crime of marrying someone while still legally married to someone else compare polygamy big·a·mist [-mist] n
Monogamy
Single marriage marriage with but one person husband or wife at the same time opposed to polygamy Also one marriage only during life opposed to deuterogamy
Mormon
Bible engraved on golden plates called the Book of Mormon first published in 1830 The Mormons believe in polygamy and their hierarchy of apostles etc has control of civil and religious matters
Polygamist
One who practices polygamy or maintains its lawfulness
Mahr (dower)
freedom of contract. The marriage contract is easily dissoluble, and the freedom of divorce and the rule of polygamy place a power in the hands of the husband which the lawgiver intended to restrain by rendering the
Polygamia est plurium simul viororum uxorumve connubium
Polygamia est plurium simul viororum uxorumve connubium [Lat.], polygamy is the marriage of many husbands or wives at one time.
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