Polygamy

The term polygamy (literally many marriages in late Greek) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology. In social anthropology, polygamy is the practice of marriage to more than one spouse simultaneously (as opposed to monogamy where each person has only one spouse at a time). Like monogamy, the term is often used in a de facto sense, applying regardless of whether the relationships are recognised by the state (see marriage for a discussion on the extent to which states can and do recognise poten ...

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Polygamy: Encyclopedia II - Polygamy - Polygamy worldwide According to the Ethnographic Atlas Codebook derived from George P. Murdock’s Ethnographic Atlas recorded the marital composition of 1231 societies, from 1960-1980. Of these societies, 186 societies were monogamous. 453 had occasional polygyny, 588 had more frequent polygyny, and 4 had polyandry. Polygamy - Patterns of occurrence. At the same time, even within societies which allow polygyny, the actual practice of polygyny often occurs only rarely. To take on more than one wife often requir ...

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Polygamy: Encyclopedia - Bountiful British Columbia

Bountiful is a small town in the Creston Valley of British Columbia, noted for polygamous group of Mormons living outside the town and the Kokanee Beer brewery, part of the Columbia Brewery group owned by Labatt. The town of Bountiful was founded in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, during 1947. It is located in the Creston Valley, near Cranbrook and Creston, British Columbia. It is in a rugged area about 40 miles northeast of the junction of the borders of Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia. Its estimated population ...

Polygamy: Encyclopedia - Bernhard Rothmann

Bernhard Rothmann, or Bernard Rothmann, (ca. 1495 - ca. 1535) was a 16th century Reformer and an Anabaptist leader in the city of Münster. He was born in Stadtlohn around 1495. Bernhard Rothmann - Overview. In the late 1520s Bernard Rothmann became the leader for religious reform in the city of Münster. In his sermons he condemned Catholic doctrines such as purgatory and the use of images, as well as the low morals of the priests. He suffered censure of the Catholic bishop in 1531, and afterwards denied t ...

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Polygamy: Encyclopedia - Concubinage

Concubinage refers to the state of a couple living together as lovers with no permanent obligation (as by civil marriage or religious ceremony) or the state of a woman supported by a male lover who is married to another. In societies that permit slavery, it can refer to sexual relationships between slave-owners and their slaves (a form of sexual slavery). In English, the first meaning is antiquated and is replaced by "living together," "shacking up," or, more formally, "cohabitation." It typically implies monogamy. The term mis ...

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Polygamy: Encyclopedia - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the "LDS Church" or the "Mormon Church", is the largest and best known denomination within the Latter Day Saint movement (a form of Christian Restorationism). The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Latter-day Saints are widely known for: Active proselytizing by full-time volunteer missionaries Belief in modern day revelation through prophets, beginning with Joseph Smith, Jr., and continuing today wit ...

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Polygamy: Encyclopedia - Complex family

Complex Family is a generic term for any family structure involving more than two adults. The term can refer to any extended family or to a polygamy of any type. It is often used to refer to the group marriage form of polygamy. A joint family is also known as a complex family, parents and their children's families often live under a single roof. This type of family often includes multiple generations in the family. In India, the family is a patriarchal society, wit ...

Polygamy: Encyclopedia - Cyril Ogston

Cyril Ogston was the founder of the hamlet of Seven Persons, Alberta. Ogston was a late-nineteenth-century Mormon who practised polygamy in line with his Church's teachings at the time. In 1862, the United States Congress made the practice illegal, and many Mormons fled to Canada in order to escape prosecution, and to set up Mormon communities there. Ogston was one of these, leaving Utah and founding Seven Persons. ...

Polygamy: Encyclopedia - Ann Eliza Young

Ann Eliza Young (nee Webb) (1844 - 1908?) was a U.S. Mormon dissident. She was the 19th and last wife of Brigham Young (possibly 27th wife). She divorced him in 1873, she would later disappear. She was opposed to polygamy. Other related archives1844, 1873, Brigham Young, U.S.

Polygamy: Encyclopedia - Biphobia

Biphobia is the fear of, discrimination against, or hatred of bisexuals. It need not include homophobia or heterophobia, because there are stereotypes that are specific to bisexuals.[1] These include, but are not limited to: promiscuity, polygamy, living the swinging lifestyle, and being confused. In some cases, bisexuals are accused of bringing sexually transmitted disease into the heterosexual community or into the lesbian community. A r ...

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Polygamy: Oceanography Dictionary - polygamy

Definition and meaning of polygamy:

polygamy - both sexes mating with more than one other individual

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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Polygamy: American History Dictionary - polygamy

Definition and meaning of polygamy:

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The founder of the Mormon faith, Joseph Smith, authorized polygamy, the marriage of males to more than one wife at a time, among his followers. Polygamy was shocking to non-believers and the Mormons were persecuted for their unorthodox behavior.

(Source: Madrid Waddington High School )

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Polygamy: Encyclopedia II - Ervil LeBaron - History

After the mainstream Mormon church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, officially abandoned the practice of polygamy in 1890, some polygamous Mormons who wished to continue the practice, without the interference of U.S. law enforcement, moved south to Mexico. Alma Dayer LeBaron was one of these people, and in 1924 moved his family, which included his two wives and eight children, to northern Mexico. There, the family started a farm called ...

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