Polyandry Definition

Polyandry Sentence Examples

• In some islands polyandry was practised; in others the natives were monogamous.

• Less well known is polyandry, the term for one women having multiple husbands.

• The Chinese writers say that their customs were like those of the Turks; that they had no cities, lived in felt tents, were ignorant of writing and practised polyandry.

• Papers on "The Levirate and Polyandry," following up the line of his previous investigations (Fortnightly Review, 1877), were the last work he was able to publish.

• Among the customs of the Tibetans, perhaps the most peculiar is polyandry, the brothers in a family having one wife in common.