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Definition of polygamy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

polygamy

noun
 
/pəˈlɪɡəmi/
 
/pəˈlɪɡəmi/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time compare polyandry
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French polygamie, via late Latin from Greek polugamia, from polugamos ‘often marrying’.
See polygamy in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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