bigamy

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as in polygamy

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Recent Examples of bigamy Fox News, Daily Mail and Christian Post reported that Williams was wanted on an outstanding warrant out of state from Rockdale County in Conyers, Georgia, tied to a bigamy charge. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026 Leslie Williams, 62, was taken into custody at the sprawling retirement center, The Villages, on an outstanding warrant out of Georgia tied to a bigamy charge, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026 Three wives in three counties may just be the start for a man facing felony bigamy charges in North Carolina, investigators say. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025 Betsey, 50, pleaded guilty to the felony bigamy charge in May, according to ABC Action News. — Sean Neumann, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bigamy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigamy
  1. polygamy
  2. polygyny
  3. polyandry
  4. matrimony
  5. wedlock
Noun
  • The Zulu monarchs practice polygamy, and the current King has three wives -- with a scandal erupted earlier this month over one of them.
    — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 24 July 2026
  • Members of The Work, like Zitting's parents, practice polygamy.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of polygamy
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  • In Queen Mother, Farmer takes a clear-eyed look at Moore’s foibles, noting her absenteeism during her son’s formative years, her embrace of patriarchal hierarchy in Black communities, and her exhortations for Black women to embrace polygyny to facilitate nation building.
    — Dara T. Mathis, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
  • In short, there remain multiple ways polygyny can be harmful.
    — David W. Lawson, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Definition of polygyny
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  • One particular enemy of Gauguin’s was Bishop Martin, a Catholic priest on Hiva Oa who did his best to stomp out local custom, forbidding tattooing, Polynesian dancing, and the customary practice of polyandry.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
  • For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are evolved for monogamy or some other mating system, such as polygyny, polyandry or promiscuity.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Definition of polyandry
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  • Fireworks herald the World Cup, the Olympics, inaugurations, weddings, railroad openings, royal matrimony, saints, the Saints, the spring equinox, eclipses, the New Year, the Day of the Dead, the beginning of summer, the end of it.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In each of the portraits, his subjects are draped by the white veil, both a symbol of matrimony and silence.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of matrimony
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  • Norah and Magdalen learn that they were technically born out of wedlock and, because of a legitimacy codicil in their father’s will, are therefore unable to receive their parents’ money.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • The mother and child homes, under the auspices of the Catholic Church, sought to isolate women who had children out of wedlock from the rest of society.
    — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Definition of wedlock

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