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Monandry   Listen
noun
Monandry  n.  The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; contrasted with polyandry.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Monandry" Quotes from Famous Books



... passed in their order by all.' Still more to the point is his remark on polyandry among the very early Greeks and other Aryans; 'it is quite consistent with my view that in all these quarters (Persia, Sparta, Troy, Lycia, Attica, Crete, &c.) monandry, and even the patria potestas, may have ...
— Custom and Myth • Andrew Lang



Words linked to "Monandry" :   marriage, union, wedlock



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