| 单词 | plural marriage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplural marriage plural marriage n. marriage to more than one spouse; polygamy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy polygamy1538 plural marriage1862 1862 R. F. Burton City of Saints (ed. 2) 428 The ‘chaste and plural marriage’, being once legalized, finds a multitude of supporters. 1869 Utah Mag. 18 Sept. 310/1 The Mormon proposition is not to make plural marriage obligatory on the world, but to declare its necessity and legitimacy under certain circumstances. 1910 Mrs. B. W. Labaree in Students & Present Missionary Crisis (Student Volunteer Movement Foreign Missions) 366 Mohammedan home life with its plural marriage and frequent divorce, uncontrolled passions and untutored idleness. 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 24 Jan. 3 The [Mormon] church has forbidden the once-common practice of plural marriage for 97 years. < as lemmas |
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