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Webster 1913 Edition


Polygyny

Po-lyg′y-ny

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Noun.
[
Poly-
+ Gr. [GREEK] woman, wife.]
The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives.
H. Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Polygyny

POLYG'YNY

,
Noun.
[Gr. many, and a female.]
The practice of having more wives than one at the same time.