n. having more than one wife or husband at the same time, usually...

1590s, from Late Latin polygamia, from Late Greek polygamia "polygamy," from polygamos "often married," from polys "many" + gamos "marriage" (see gamete). Not e [..]

Having more than one spouse.

situation of a person having more than one spouse.

In Biblical times, a man was permitted to marry more than one wife, but this was never common. A woman could never marry more than one man. Around 1000 C.E., Ashkenazic Jewry banned polygamy, but it c [..]

Having more than one wife or husband at the same time, usually more than just two (which is bigamy). It is a crime in all states.

The practice of having more than one mate at a time. See Monogamy.

n. the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.

An umbrella term encompassing both polyandry and polygyny.

[Marriage]

A form of marriage in which a person may have more than one spouse.

Having several spouses at once.

noun. marriage to more than one person at the same time, that is an approved tradition in particular societies.

the offense of having several and specif. more than two spouses at one time compare bigamy po·lyg·a·mous [-məs] adj

Having more than one husband or wife at the same time. Polygamy is illegal under U.S. law.

A mating system in which an individual mates with more than one other animal. Compare monogamy and bigamy.

Polygamy means having more than one wife or husband at the same time, usually implying more than just two (which is "bigamy"). It is a crime in all states. Certain people, such as some Mormo [..]

(n) having more than one spouse at a time

While Bigamy means being married to two people, polygamy usually means there are more than two partners. For example, three women being married to the same man. Typically the multiple spouses are awar [..]

A form of marriage in which a member of one sex can be married to two or more members of the opposite sex at the same time. See also monogamy, serial monogamy.

Polygamy is having more than one husband or wife at the same time.  Polygamy is illegal in all jurisdictions in the U.S., and is one of the grounds of inadmissibility.

Having more than one husband or wife at the same time. Polygamy is illegal under American law.

Polygamy is the state of being married to one person and then also marrying more then one other person.

 the tendency for one male to mate with two or more females

A marriage in which a person of one sex has more than one spouse of the opposite sex. Polyandry occurs when a woman has more than one husband, and polygamy when a man has several wives. Polygamy contr [..]

The having of multiple socially bonded sexual partners at the same time ''Originally polygamy could work either or both ways, but civilisation generally forbids simultaneous husbands The conditi [..]

 (Literally, poly many + gamos marriage) The state or practice of having multiple wedded spouses at the same time, regardless of the sex of those spouses. Contrast monogamy; See related polyandry, pol [..]

the practice of having more than one marriage.