See also:

• POLYANDRY (Gr. iroXus, many, and 6.vi7P, man)

POLYANDRY (Gr. iroXus, many, and 6.vi7P, See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man)  , the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage between one woman and several men, who are her husbands exclusively (see See also:

• FAMILY

FAMILY) . The See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom locally legalizing the marriage of one woman to more than one See also:

• HUSBAND

husband at a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time has been variously accounted for as the result of poverty and of See also:

• LIFE

life in unfertile lands, where it was essential to check See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population as the consequence of See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• INFANTICIDE

infanticide, or, in the See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of J . F . McLennan and L . H . See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan, as a natural phase through which human progress has necessarily passed . See also:

• POLYANDRY (Gr. iroXus, many, and 6.vi7P, man)

Polyandry is to be carefully differentiated from communal marriage, where the woman is the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of any and every member of the tribe . Two distinct kinds of polyandry are practised: one, often called Nair, in which, as among the Nairs of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, the husbands are not related to each other; and the second, the Tibetan or fraternal polyandry, in which the woman is married to all the See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers of ;one family . Polyandry is practised by the tribes of See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet, See also:

• KASHMIR, or CASHMERE

Kashmir and the Himalayan regions, by the See also:

• TODAS

Todas, Koorgs, Nairs and other peoples of India, in See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, by some of the Australian See also:

• ABORIGINES

aborigines, in parts of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, in the Aleutian See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago, among the See also:

• KORYAKS
• KORYAKS, CHUKCHIS

Koryaks and on the See also:

• ORINOCO

Orinoco . See McLennan's See also:

• PRIMITIVE

Primitive Marriage (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1885) ; Studies in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient See also:

• HISTORY

History (London, 1886); The See also:

• LEVIRATE (Lat. levir, a husband's brother)

Levirate and Polyandry," in The Fortnightly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, new See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, vol. xxi . (London, 1877) ; L . H .

Morgan, System of See also:

• CONSANGUINITY, or KINDRED

Consanguinity and See also:

• AFFINITY (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from offinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary)
• AFFINITY, CHEMICAL

Affinity of the Human Family (See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, 1869); See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• AVEBURY
• AVEBURY, JOHN LUBBOCK, 1ST BARON (1834– )

Avebury, Origin of See also:

• CIVILIZATION

Civilization; E . Westermarck, History of Human Marriage .