2 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
the practice of being married to more than one person at the same time
- He was brought from a definite social environment,—the polygamous clan life under the headship of the chief and the potent influence of the priest.Chapter 10 (35% in)
- Forced and long-continued toil became the rule of life, the old ties of blood relationship and kinship disappeared, and instead of the family appeared a new polygamy and polyandry, which, in some cases, almost reached promiscuity.Chapter 10 (37% in)
There are no more uses of "polygamy" in The Souls of Black Folk.
Typical Usage
(best examples)