Definition of Polygamous. Meaning of Polygamous. Synonyms of Polygamous

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Definition of Polygamous

Polygamous
Polygamous Po*lyg"a*mous, a. [Gr. ? living ? polygamy; poly`s many + ? marriage. Cf. Bigamy.] 1. Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Pairing with more than one female. Most deer, cattle, and sheep are polygamous. --Darwin. 3. (Bot.) Belonging to the Polygamia; bearing both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.

Meaning of Polygamous from wikipedia

- culturally. In several countries, such as India, the law only recognizes polygamous marriages for the Muslim po****tion. Islamic law or sharia is a religious...
- the Congo Djibouti Egypt Eswatini Gabon: Both men and women can join in polygamous marriage with the other gender under Gabonese law. In practice, the right...
- fundamentalists in the United States, with fewer than half of them living in polygamous households. However, others have suggested that there may be as few as...
- banning the formation of new polygamous unions within the LDS Church. Although this manifesto did not dissolve existing polygamous marriages, relations with...
- leader of what is now the Apostolic United Brethren, a breakaway sect of polygamous Mormon fundamentalists in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona, United States....
- of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous cult based in Arizona. The FLDS Church was founded in the early-20th century...
- Der dressierte Mann [The Mani****ted Man], Das polygame Geschlecht [The polygamous ****], Das Ende der Dressur (The End of the Mani****tion; third part never...
- of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, both within his own sect and in rival polygamous groups...
- Winston Blackmore (born August 25, 1956) is the leader of a polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint religious group in Bountiful, British Columbia,...
- Cults are social groups which have unusual, and often extreme, religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals. Extreme devotion to a particular...