Both Uses of
polygamy
in
A Passage to India
- While the tale was in progress, it convinced the two men, the tragedy seemed a slur on the whole community; better polygamy almost, than that a woman should die without the joys God has intended her to receive.
Chpt 2polygamy = the practice of being married to more than one person at the same time
- He did not like to remember Miss Quested's remark about polygamy, because it was unworthy of a guest, so he put it from his mind, and with it the knowledge that he had bolted into a cave to get away from her.
Chpt 16 *
Definition:
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(polygamy) the practice of being married to more than one person at the same time