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Meanings of polygamy in English
Synonyms
Examples for "plural marriage"
Examples for "plural marriage"
1
REUTERS: Do you expect your children to also adhere to plural marriage?
2
And will there never be another case of plural marriage among them?
3
Some sects and breakaway groups, however, follow the early doctrine of plural marriage.
4
Practically all the leading authorities of the Church were living in plural marriage.
5
There is a tribe of Indians there who practiced plural marriage.
Usage of polygamy in English
1
Bigamy and polygamy are illegal under both federal and Montana state law.
2
He was a product of polygamy and had no problems with it.
3
The future of polygamy was in jeopardy before the Short Creek raid.
4
The manner, too, in which polygamy was practised aroused his intense disgust.
5
It does not need to be protected against polygamy: it protects itself.
6
By the way-Shakespeareindorses polygamy.-Hespeaks of the Merry Wives of Windsor.
7
The doctrine of polygamy was taught as a revealed mystery of faith.
8
Polyandry and polygamy are both evidences of a crude and half-evolved humanity.
9
We are living on an island where polygamy is practised and tolerated.
10
Is there a woman here who believes in the institution of polygamy?
11
Left-handed polygamy prevails to a great extent among the Citizen Mottu's admirers.
12
With polygamy came woman's subjection and woman suffrage into our free States.
13
Critics, however, say the measure wrongly frames polygamy as a human rights issue.
14
Bolivia extemporizes mackerel; borax esteems polygamy; sausages wither in the east.
15
The arguments which he makes in favor of polygamy are chiefly the following:-
16
But of all the countries in Europe polygamy is most unthinkable in France.
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Polygamy across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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