See also:

• POLYGAMY (Gr. nabs, many, and yayos, marriage)

POLYGAMY (Gr. nabs, many, and yayos, See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage)  , or as it is sometimes termed, POLYGYNY (yvvil, woman): the See also:

• SYSTEM

system under which a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man is married to several See also:

• WOMEN

women at the same 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 . Derivatively it includes the practice of See also:

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

polyandry, but it has become definitely restricted to expressing what has been, and still is, far the commonest type of relations between the sexes (see See also:

• FAMILY

FAMILY and See also:

• MARRIAGE

MARRIAGE) . Among See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental nations See also:

• PLURALITY (0. Fr. pluralitd, Late Lat. pluralitas, plural number)

plurality of legal wives is customary . Mahommedans are allowed four . A See also:

• HINDU

Hindu can have as many as he pleases: the high-See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste sometimes having as many as a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred . See also:

• POLYGAMY, (Gr. nabs, many, and yayos, marriage)

Polygamy is the See also:

• RULE

rule among See also:

• AFRICAN

African tribes, and is See also:

• COMMON

common among those of See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia and See also:

• POLYNESIA, (Gr. iroXi,, many, and vnno-os, island)
• POLYNESIA, MELANESIA, MICRONESIA (q.v.)

Polynesia . In See also:

• CHINA

China, however, only one wife is lawful . In many polygamous countries the See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical obstacle of expense prevents men from taking See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of their privileges . While poly-gamy was the rule in biblical days among the See also:

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

ancient See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews, and was permitted and even enjoined in certain cases by the See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

Mosaic See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, though it is nowhere forbidden, except for "bishops," in the New Testament, has always set its See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face against it . There have, however, been divines who dissented from this See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general disapproval . The See also:

• ANABAPTISTS (" re-baptizers," from Gr. apa and J3airri tt')

Anabaptists insisted on freedom in the See also:

• MATTER

matter, and Bernardino See also:

• OCHINO, BERNARDINO (1487-1564)

Ochino conditionally defended plurality of wives . When in 1540 See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip the Magnanimous, the reforming See also:

• LANDGRAVE (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

Landgrave of See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse, determined (with his wife's approval, she being a confirmed invalid) to marry a second wife, See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther and See also:

• MELANCHTHON, FHILIPP (1497–155o)

Melanchthon approved "as his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, though not as doctors of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology"; while See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin See also:

• BUCER (or BuTZER), MARTIN (1491-1551)

Bucer assisted at the marriage .

In later times the See also:

• MORMONS

Mormons (q.v.) in See also:

• AMERICA

America provide the most notable instance of the revival of polygamy .