communal marriage
noun
Origin of communal marriage
1First recorded in 1865–70
Words Nearby communal marriage
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How to use communal marriage in a sentence
In their social organization they advocated communal marriage, wives being held in common.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races | Sanger Brown, IIObviously this pretty term does not spring from 'communal marriage.'
Social Origins and Primal Law | Andrew LangHe asserts that communal marriage is purely the outgrowth of imagination, and in so doing falls far behind Bachofen.
The Origin of the Family Private Property and the State | Frederick EngelsLubbock in his "Origin of Civilization" recognized this "communal marriage" as a historical fact.
The Origin of the Family Private Property and the State | Frederick EngelsLet us do so, and the evidence borne by these terms to a past of communal marriage vanishes at once.
Social Origins and Primal Law | Andrew Lang
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