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The practice is called bigamy.
It is a specific case of polygamy, which means having more than one spouse at the same time (an illegal practice in the US). The gender specific terms are polygyny for having more than one wife, and polyandry for having more than one husband.
Some societies and religions allow men to have several wives, and historically some societies permitted multiple husbands.
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What is a 5 letter word for husbands and wives?
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Are wives to serve their husbands?
A:The author of 1 Peter not only believed that wives should serve their husbands, but be in subjection to them, for the good of the Christian Church: 1 Peter 3:1 (KJV): "Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;"
How do you spell wives?
Wives is the correct way to spell the word.Some example sentences for you are:Henry VIII's six wives must have been worried about being beheaded.He is bragging about having nine wives.The feminist group encouraged all the wives in the country to demand better treatment from their husbands.
What word is used for having many women as a sultan?
Having multiple wives - whether as a Sultan or otherwise - is known as polygamy.A word which particularly applies to the Middle East is harem - the part of a Muslim household reserved for wives and concubines. By extension this word came to be applied to the wives and concubines as a group.
What is a one word substitute for having two wives at the same time?
Having two wives at one time is "bigamy" (illegal in the US, but common in some societies). The general word for having more than one wife is polygamy.
What bi word means having two wives or huswands at k?
That is bigamy.
How many times is the word wives used in the bible?
In the King James version the word - wives - appears 132 times the word - wives' - appears once and the word - wife - appears 396 times the word - wife's - appears 11 times the word - midwife - appears 3 times the word - midwives - appears 7 times
Is husbands' singular or plural?
The word husbands' is the possessive form of the plural noun husbands, a word for "of MORE THAN ONE husband".
Married to two people at the same time?
Technically bigamy is the word for having two wives at the one time, but most people use it also to refer to having two husbands at the one time. Polygamy is the word for having more than one wife at the one time. Polyandry is the word for having more than one husband at the one time.
What is the root word for polygamy?
The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry., The state or habit of having more than one mate., The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
What is the Spanish word for wives?
Spanish word for wives is "esposas"
When was A Word to the Wives created?
A Word to the Wives was created in 1955.
