sororal polygyny

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• sororal polygyny — See polygyny …   Dictionary of sociology

• sororal polygyny — noun : a polygyny in which the wives are sisters contrasted with fraternal polyandry; compare levirate, sororate …   Useful english dictionary

• polygyny — /peuh lij euh nee/, n. 1. the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time. 2. (among male animals) the habit or system of having two or more mates, either simultaneously or successively. 3. (among social insects) the condition… …   Universalium

• polygyny — A term denoting the concurrent marriage of one man with two or more women. This is not uncommon and is widespread in human societies. Where the women involved are sisters it is termed sororal polygyny. Some writers appear to use polygamy rather… …   Dictionary of sociology

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• sororate — /sawr euh rayt , sohr /, n. subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife s sister. [1905 10; < L soror (s. of soror) SISTER + ATE3] * * * ▪ anthropology       custom or law decreeing that a widower should, or in rare cases must, marry his… …   Universalium