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• Polyandry — Relationships Types …   Wikipedia

• polyandry — n. to practice polyandry * * * [ pɒlɪændrɪ] to practice polyandry …   Combinatory dictionary

• Polyandry in Tibet — is a traditional marriage practice that has existed within a milieu whereby a woman could have several husbands; a father and his sons could share the same wife, and a mother and her daughters could share the same husband, or the daughters… …   Wikipedia

• polyandry — [päl′ē an΄drē, päl΄ē an′drē] n. [Gr polyandria < poly , many + anēr, man: see ANDRO ] 1. the state or practice of having two or more husbands at the same time 2. [ModL polyandria] Bot. the presence of numerous stamens in one flower 3. Zool.… …   English World dictionary

• polyandry — /pol ee an dree, pol ee an /, n. 1. the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Cf. monandry (def. 1). 2. (among female animals) the habit or system of having two or more mates, either simultaneously or successively. 3 …   Universalium

• polyandry —    This word (from the Greek polys, meaning many, and anēr, meaning man ) refers to the practice of having more than one husband at the same time; polyandry is contrary to exclusive conjugal love and so is not in accord with themoral law. (See… …   Glossary of theological terms

• polyandry — noun Etymology: Greek polyandros, adjective, having many husbands, from poly + andr , anēr man, husband more at andr Date: 1780 the state or practice of having more than one husband or male mate at one time compare polygamy, polygyny •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• polyandry — noun The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time. Ant: monandry, monogamy, polygyny …   Wiktionary

• polyandry — poly·an·dry päl ē .an drē n, pl dries the state or practice of having more than one husband or male mate at one time compare POLYGAMY, POLYGYNY poly·an·drous .päl ē an drəs adj * * * poly·an·dry …   Medical dictionary

• polyandry —  State or practice of a woman having more than one husband at the same time …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• polyandry — pÉ‘lɪ ændrɪ / pÉ’l n. practice of being married to several men at the same time; state of having many stamens, state of having many pollen producing organs (Botany) …   English contemporary dictionary