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monogamist|məˈnɒgəmɪst|
[f. Gr. µονόγαµ-ος (see monogamous) + -ist.]
1. ‘One who disallows second marriages’ (J.); also, one who by custom or law is debarred from second marriage after the death of the first spouse; opposed to digamist.
1651C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. i. 49 Hierom [was] a Monogamist. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. ii, I maintained..that it was unlawful for a priest of the church of England, after the death of his first wife, to take a second; or, to express it in one word, I valued myself upon being a strict monogamist.
2. One who has but one living and undivorced spouse, as opposed to bigamist or polygamist.
1731Bailey (vol. II.), Monogamist, one who is of single marriage. 1861Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 637 Polygamy is forbidden by the Gospel, and..consequently, on becoming a Christian, a man must..become a monogamist. 1862Max Müller Chips (1867) I. 168 The Parsis are monogamists.
3. quasi-adj. = monogamistic.
1875Poste Gaius iv. (ed. 2) 545 A monogamist forum will not enforce polygamistic laws. 1906The Christian 1 Nov. 9/2 Christianity, the only absolute monogamist religion.
Hence monogaˈmistic a., of or pertaining to monogamists (sense 2) or monogamy; favouring monogamy.
1890in Century Dict. |