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Monogamy : (noun)
1: having only one spouse at a time [syn: monogamousness]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Monogamy : \Mo*nog"a*my\, n. [L. monogamia, Gr. ?: cf. F.
monogamie.]
1. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or
wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also,
one marriage only during life; -- opposed to
deuterogamy.
2. (Zo["o]l.) State of being paired with a single mate.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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MONOGAMY. A marriage contracted between one man and one woman, in exclusion
of all the rest of mankind; it is used in opposition to bigamy and polygamy.
(q.v.) Wolff, Dr. de la Nat. Sec. 857. The state of having only one husband
or one wife at one time.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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