group marriage
(among primitive peoples) a form of marriage in which a group of males is united with a group of females to form a single conjugal unit.
Origin of group marriage
1- Also called communal marriage.
Words Nearby group marriage
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How to use group marriage in a sentence
There is also, of course, a form of group-marriage that differs from 'Pirrauru marriage,' and is apparently simpler.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtEven in Australia the phenomena of Pirrauru and of group-marriage are confined particularly to the southern regions.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtBut Mr. Howitt notes other practices which are taken by him to be mere rudimentary survivals of "group marriage."
The Secret of the Totem | Andrew LangThat is the opinion of believers in "the primary undivided horde," and in "group marriage," or rather "status marriage."
The Secret of the Totem | Andrew LangThat scholar was a warm partisan of the primeval horde, of group marriage, and (at times) of a reformatory movement.
The Secret of the Totem | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for group marriage
an arrangement in which several males live together with several females, forming a conjugal unit
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