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n one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry.

The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the same time.

Cross fertilization.

The sexual reproduction of animals.

Characterized by allogamy.

Relating to apogamy.

Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.

ammedan, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees women from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the orthodox Mohammedans. Mendicancy, the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs, and slave dealing, are forbidden; asceticism is discountenanced. --Bab"is…

One who is guilty of bigamy. Ayliffe.

Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage.

A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.

Manifesting dichogamy.

Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.

ilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

Characterized by heterogamy.

ternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous generations; - - in distinction from heterogamy.

Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.

One who practices or upholds monogamy. Goldsmith.

Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.

en plates, called the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830. The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles, etc., has control of civil and religious matters.