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The big picture: Complicated property transactions may signal a history of polygamy, since the practice raised legal questions around inheritance and women's ownership of property.
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Erin Alberty, Axios, 9 July 2024
In fact, female ex-Muslims almost uniformly said that polygamy and Mohammed’s taking of a child wife, Aisha, were two items that led them to doubt their faith.
—Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2015
Bateman and his followers believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
Hulu 38 of 80 Big Love, Season 3 As with any of the five seasons of HBO's polygamy drama, so much happens in season 3.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2024
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Erin Alberty, Axios, 9 July 2024
In fact, female ex-Muslims almost uniformly said that polygamy and Mohammed’s taking of a child wife, Aisha, were two items that led them to doubt their faith.
—Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2015
Bateman and his followers believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
Hulu 38 of 80 Big Love, Season 3 As with any of the five seasons of HBO's polygamy drama, so much happens in season 3.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Polygamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polygamy. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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polygamy
noun
po·lyg·a·my
pə-ˈli-gə-mē 
: the offense of having several and specifically more than two spouses at one time compare bigamy
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