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polygamy

polygamy the offense of having several and specif more than two

opposed to monogamy as the nations of the east practiced polygamy see the note under bigamy and cf polyandry

polygamy fr gk many and marriage plurality of wives or husbands

marrying someone while still legally married to someone else compare polygamy big 183 a 183 mist mist n

person husband or wife at the same time opposed to polygamy also one marriage only during life opposed to deuterogamy

of mormon first published in 1830 the mormons believe in polygamy and their hierarchy of apostles etc has control of civil

one who practices polygamy or maintains its lawfulness

to practice polygamy to marry several wives

dissoluble and the freedom of divorce and the rule of polygamy place a power in the hands of the husband which

polygamia est plurium simul viororum uxorumve connubium lat polygamy is the marriage of many husbands or wives at one

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