Polyandry

  • 41fraternal polyandry — noun : polyandry in which several brothers share one wife contrasted with sororal polygyny …

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  • 42полиандрия — polyandry полиандрия. Форма отношения полов, при которой одна самка спаривается более чем с одним самцом; в общественных отношениях вида (у различных птиц и др.) различают последовательную, одновременную и кооперативную П.; П. может являться… …

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  • 43community of wives —    polyandry    Nothing so tame as the Women s Institute, Mothers Union, or Ladies Circle:     In the 1650s people listened with delicious horror to reports of Ranter meetings, where, it was said, adherents drank freely, smoked, swore, took off… …

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  • 44polyandrous — polyandry ► NOUN ▪ polygamy in which a woman has more than one husband. DERIVATIVES polyandrous adjective. ORIGIN from Greek an r male …

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  • 45Polygamy — Toba chieftain and his wives, 1892 Polygamy (from πολύς γάμος polys gamos, translated literally in Late Greek as often married )[1] is a marriage which includes more than two partners.[1] …

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  • 46History of Marriage —     History of Marriage     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Marriage     The word marriage may be taken to denote the action, contract, formality, or ceremony by which the conjugal union is formed or the union itself as an enduring condition …

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  • 47Nair — This article is about a Hindu caste. For other uses, see Nair (disambiguation). Nair soldiers attending the King of Cochin: A 16th Century European portrait. Nair (/ˈnɑː.jər/), also known a …

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  • 49Société tibétaine — La société traditionnelle tibétaine, telle qu elle existait avant les réformes mises en place par le gouvernement communiste chinois dans les années 1950, est souvent comparée à la société féodale de l Europe médiévale[1]. Dans le Tibet central… …

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  • 50Kotas — For other uses, see Kota. Kotas Kota women in traditional clothes circa 1870s Total population 1203(1974) Languages Kota language, Tamil …

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