Sample Sentences forpolygamy (editor-reviewed)
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The mainstream Mormon Church renounced polygamy more than a century ago.polygamy = the practice of a husband having more than one wife at the same time
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Even where polygamy is rare, its legal possibility without adequate protections for the wife, impedes the normal give-and-take of a healthy relationship.
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In Senegal, close to half of women are married to polygamous husbands.polygamous = the practice of being married to more than one person at the same time
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"Many women struggle with their faith after they learn about polygamy," he said. (source)polygamy = the practice of a husband having more than one wife at the same time
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And no more polygamy, he said! (source)polygamy = the practice of being married to more than one person at the same time
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It was such a nuisance that men were fundamentally polygamous. (source)polygamous = wanting more than 1 wife
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Or didn't turn me loose—Center has no rule against polygamy. (source)polygamy = the practice of being married to more than one person at the same time
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"If we were polygamists," Klaus said, "Count Olaf's marriage plan wouldn't work."† (source)
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Oh, to be the alter ego of his polygamous life! (source)polygamous = practice of being married to more than one person at the same time
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I suppose that I should really like to be a polygamist; with Nancy, and with Leonora, and with Maisie Maidan and possibly even with Florence.† (source)
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He deprecated polygamy, but he saw no reason to inveigh against the prevalent fondness for the tangatse berry, to which were ascribed medicinal properties, but which was chiefly popular because its effects were those of a mild narcotic. (source)polygamy = the practice of being married to more than one person at the same time
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There were many women, which was easily accounted for by the "peculiar institution" of the Mormons; but it must not be supposed that all the Mormons are polygamists. (source)polygamists = observing the practice of a man having more than one wife at the same time
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—Unlike the latter species, the bonobo had not been partially monogamous with polygamous and polyandrous tendencies.† (source)
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Florence would happen in on her, whilst she was doing her wonderful hair, with a proposition from Edward, who seems about that time to have conceived the naive idea that he might become a polygamist.† (source)
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He knew nothing of Mormonism except the custom of polygamy, which is its foundation. (source)polygamy = the practice of a man having more than one wife at the same time
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"Polygamists are people who marry more than one person," Klaus explained.† (source)
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