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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume
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Marriage laws 1 or marriage customs 2 differ in different societies. A person who is married to only one person at a time is called monogamous 3. A person who is married to several persons simultaneously is called polygamous 4. A distinction is made between polyandrous 5 societies, where a woman may have several husbands, and polygynous 6 societies, where a man may have several wives. The term "polygamy" is frequently used in the sense of polygyny.
- 3. Monogamous, adj. - monogamy, n.
- 4. Polygamous, adj. - polygamy, n.
- 5. Polyandrous, adj. - polyandry, n.
- 6. Polygynous, adj. - polygyny, n.