polygamy

(noun)

noun

1. the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time

Definition categories: state, marriage, matrimony, union, wedlock

Sentences with polygamy as a noun:

- Originally polygamy could work either or both ways, but civilisation generally forbids simultaneous husbands

- Muslims and early Mormon communities have been known to practise polygamy.

- An insect queen actually practices polygamy only one day, while for an alpha-male defending his harem is the very essence of both his status and polygamy

- The Islamic form of polygamy is a husband with up to four wives