Definition of Polygamy

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Polygamy

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 condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.

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Polygamy Quotations

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.
Elbert Hubbard

We do restrict so-called reproductive freedom. We do not allow polygamy, we do not allow incest, we do not allow the buying and selling of babies.
Leon Kass

No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages.
Judy Biggert

The government doesn't really prosecute for polygamy anymore, but a lot of the arrests are of groups supporting themselves through welfare scams or for child abuse. So that was all I'd really heard about polygamists.
Jeanne Tripplehorn

Polygamy Translations

polygamy in French is polygamie
polygamy in German is Vielweiberei
polygamy in Spanish is poligamia

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