plural marriage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plural marriage
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Meri Brown is not going to give up on her plural marriage.
From Fox News • Mar. 24, 2021
A handful of splinter groups still practice plural marriage, with the most well-known being a community on the Utah-Arizona border known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or FLDS.
From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2021
State lawmakers have approved a bill that would reduce the penalties for plural marriage from a felony to an infraction.
From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020
While plural marriage is illegal under Utah's constitution, officials in the state have largely chosen not to prosecute those involved.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2020
Frank, you need not continue your fight against plural marriage.
From Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft by O'Higgins, Harvey Jerrold
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