Sentence example with the word 'polyandry'

polyandry

beena marriage, common-law marriage, concubinage, left-handed marriage, leviration, marriage of convenience, monogamy, morganatic marriage, polygamy, trial marriage

Definition n. having more than one husband at a time

Last update: July 3, 2015


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Her mother is a polyandry because her first husband is handicapped.   [Please select]

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Free polyandry still exists in many countries I have seen, and in others its dying out leaves these fragmentary survivals.   [Please select]

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Polyandry is found almost exclusively in poor countries, where there is always a scarcity of females.   [Please select]

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Thus we have polyandry founded on a surplus of males caused by poverty of sustenance.   [Please select]

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Porro foedam hanc onanismi venerem ludentes uxoria mariti habent nunc omnigm suavissimam_] [Footnote 20: Polyandry,--plurality of husbands.   [Please select]

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One observer maintains that the cowbirds are not only parasitical in their habits, but are also absolutely devoid of conjugal affection, practicing polyandry, and seldom even mating.   [Please select]

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This custom persists as a striking survival of polyandry, in which fidelity under pain of dismissal from the roof-tree was imposed by the wife on all who shared her affections.   [Please select]

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