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polygamous
1. A reference to the civil offense of having several wives or husbands at the same time; or having more than two wives or husbands at the same time.
2. Bigamy literally means a second marriage distinguished from a third or additional marriage; while polygamous refers to many marriages and implies more than two.
2. Bigamy literally means a second marriage distinguished from a third or additional marriage; while polygamous refers to many marriages and implies more than two.
To marry once is a duty, twice a folly, thrice is madness.
God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him even more if he finds her.
Regardless of how they are expressed, all of them represent excesses!
With polygyny and polygynous, we have the marriage of a man to more than two women at the same time. Then we have polygamy and polygamous:
- The civil offense of having several wives or husbands at the same time; or having more than two wives or husbands at the same time.
- Bigamy literally means a second marriage distinguished from a third or additional marriage; while polygamy means many marriages and implies more than two.
Polygamia est plurium simul virorum uxorumve conubium.
"Polygamy is the marriage with many husbands or wives at one time".
"Polygamy is the marriage with many husbands or wives at one time".
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