Difference between polygyny and monoandry and marriage
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noun
- polygamy in which a man has more than one wife at a time
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However, the degree of dimorphism in some clades of mammals, including perissodactyls, does not correlate with the degree of polygyny.
Polygyny is legal, and couples have the option of choosing between monogamy and polygyny when they enter into a civil marriage (although this is not necessarily binding).
Satlow then discusses levirate marriage, polygyny and concubinage.
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noun
- two people who are married to each other
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
- a close and intimate union
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Marriage followed alongside a comfortable life on the cosy road to middle-class success.
A lot of people loved the big Kawasaki's marriage of retro style with 1990s handling and reliability.
Ingundis; and Leovigild, whose two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, were the issue of a former marriage.] [Footnote 128: Iracundiae furore succensa, adprehensam per comam capitis puellam in terram conlidit, et diu calcibus verberatam, ac sanguins cruentatam, jussit exspoliari, et piscinae immergi.
