Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
having more than one spouse at a time;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Polygamy \Po*lyg"a*my\, n. [Gr. ?; cf. F. polygamie.]
1. The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same
time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than 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.
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2. (Zool.) The state or habit of having more than one mate.
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3. (Bot.) The condition or state of a plant which bears both
perfect and unisexual flowers.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
polygamy
n 1: having more than one spouse at a time
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "polygamy":
beena marriage, bigamy, common-law marriage, companionate marriage,
concubinage, deuterogamy, left-handed marriage, levirate,
leviration, love match, marriage of convenience, monandry,
monogamy, monogyny, morganatic marriage, picture marriage,
polyandry, polygyny, trial marriage, trigamy
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
POLYGAMY, crim. law. The act of a person who, knowing he has two or more
wives, or she has two or more husbands living, marries another. It differs
from bigamy. (q.v.) Com. Dig. Justices, S 5, Dict. de Jur. h.t.
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
POLYGAMY, n. A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel, fitted with
several stools of repentance, as distinguished from monogamy, which
has but one.