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po·lyg·a·my
/ pəˈligəmē/
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n.
1.
the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time.
∎
Zool.
a pattern of mating in which an animal has more than one mate.
2. Bot. the condition of bearing some male, some female, and sometimes some perfect flowers on the same plant.
DERIVATIVES:
po·lyg·a·mist
/ -mist/ n.
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Polygamy was prominent in Romney's family tree
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 2/25/2007; ; 700+ words
; While Mitt Romney condemns polygamy and its prior practice by his church...great-great-grandfathers had 12. Polygamy was not just a historical footnote...years after LDS church leaders banned polygamy and more than three decades after...
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Polygamy in British Columbia
Magazine article from: Inroads; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Columbia government effectively legalized polygamy. It's not as if there was a groundswell of support for polygamy by individuals and the courts, as there...The RCMP investigated complaints of polygamy, in particular the forced marriages...
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Polygamy big in presidential hopeful's family history
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 2/25/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...LAKE CITY -- While Mitt Romney condemns polygamy and its prior practice by his Mormon...his great-great grandfathers had 12. Polygamy was not just a historical footnote...six years after Mormon leaders banned polygamy and more than three decades after a federal...
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Polygamy in African fiction.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Abstract Polygamy in the form of polygyny is still practised...article examines the rhetoric surrounding polygamy in a number of African texts, including...stability and order of traditional African polygamy, the overwhelming majority indict the...
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Polygamy proves tough to prosecute in Utah
News Wire article from: University Wire; 4/29/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- Although polygamy is a constitutional violation, some...in prosecuting offenders strictly for polygamy. "Prosecution is a last priority when...will destroy a society quicker than polygamy," said Eric Peterson, a Washington...
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COLUMN: Will polygamy eventually be decriminalized?
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/26/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Although it may seem outlandish that polygamy and homosexuality could be related...relationship would be decriminalized. Polygamy is not like gay marriage. Most would...beliefs believe it to be morally wrong. Polygamy, however, is a very different story...
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 "Talk of the Nation (NPR)")
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Analysis: Existence of polygamy today, its history in the Mormon Church and the church's views on the practice
Transcript from: Talk of the Nation (NPR); 7/18/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...00-00-0000 Analysis: Existence of polygamy today, its history in the Mormon Church...Neary, sitting in for Juan Williams. Polygamy, when a man has multiple wives, is...inspiration for their belief in the practice of polygamy. But Mormons banned polygamy in the...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Polygamy - who gets hurt, who benefits? Web site lists the advantages women can expect in a multi-wife marriage.(VARIETY)(Kim Ode)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 5/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...but a lot of people are following the polygamy trial of Tom Green - which sounds like...that's bound to follow. Green says polygamy is a religious issue - that having five...There is a clear subtext for fighting polygamy: the potential for welfare fraud, given...
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VOA NEWS: ACCEPTANCE OF POLYGAMY SLOWLY CHANGES IN MUSLIM AFRICA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/12/2007; 700+ words
; ...Tran In some African Muslim countries, polygamy is still commonly practiced. According...tells her students they need to question polygamy from a religious point of view. "Islam is used always to justify the question of polygamy. In my opinion, Islam does not encourage...
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The Mormon Question: Polygamy and Constitutional Conflict in Nineteenth Century America.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Constitutional Commentary; 12/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; THE MORMON QUESTION: POLYGAMY AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONFLICT IN NINETEENTH CENTURY...sentenced in August 2002 for violating Utah's anti-polygamy statute. For most Americans, polygamy is a bizarre fact. What type of man would want such...
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Polygamy
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
POLYGAMY The offense of willfully and knowingly...spouses) is a subset of the crime of polygamy (having more than one spouse), and...states that separately criminalize both polygamy and bigamy, either crime is committed...
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polygamy
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
polygamy Marriage in which more than one spouse is permitted. More often it is used to denote polygyny (several wives) than polyandry (several husbands). Polygamy is legal in many nations.
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Reynolds v. U.S.: 1879
Book article from: Great American Trials
...members of their religion to practice polygamy. In Reynolds, the Supreme Court held that federal legislation banning polygamy was constitutional and did not violate...First Amendment does not protect polygamy. After a somewhat checkered history...
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Latter-Day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...of the Church to practice plural marriage (polygamy), based on precedents from the Old Testament...was discouraged after 1890. The War Against Polygamy In the late 1860s, a war against polygamy was unleashed in Utah Territory and other...
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Reynolds v. United States
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
...administration's campaign to stamp out Mormon polygamy. Grant appointed James B. McKean...governor, with orders to end Mormon polygamy. McKean's United States marshals rounded...Anti‐Mormon arguments termed polygamy socially destructive and accused the...
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