Definition of Polygamies

1. polygamy [n] - See also: polygamy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygamies

polygalactia
polygalacturonan
polygalacturonase
polygalacturonases
polygalas
polygalic
polygalic acid
polygalin
polygalins
polygam
polygamian
polygamic
polygamical
polygamically
polygamies (current term)
polygamious
polygamise
polygamised
polygamises
polygamising
polygamist
polygamists
polygamize
polygamized
polygamizes
polygamizing

Literary usage of Polygamies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"The chairman of the Utah Commission reports the completion of the registration of voters of that Territory. One thousand polygamies of both sexes were ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"They were polygamies and made constant raids upon the weaker tribes for the purpose of carrying off women. They buried their dead, without personal ..."

3. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"That the grossness and stupidity of all their doctrines and doings made faith of the dullness of that lewd spirit, which moved them. That their polygamies ..."

4. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"... who you may be sure live no very easy Life together afterwards : Hence, too, happen polygamies, easily conceal'd, and too much practised. ..."

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