polygamous family

collocation in English

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polygamous
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.məs/us
/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.məs/
married to more than one person at the same time, or relating to ...
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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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And then, from the extended family - brothers, cousins, nephews, parents, grand parents - we move on to thepolygamousfamily.
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Thepolygamousfamilyis made up of a man and his wives and all their children.
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In apolygamousfamily, the first wife held the most prestigious position among women.
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The protagonist of the series, he is the head of apolygamousfamily.
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Colonies of hyraxes include on average 34 individuals, but stablepolygamousfamilygroups make up the basic social unit.
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He was raised in apolygamousfamily, and was the sixth child born into the family.
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Provisions were instituted to allow for existing polygamous families immigrating from countries where the practice was legal.
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It contained two polygamous families for a short time.
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It was a time when many polygamous families went into hiding to avoid legal pressures which threatened to sever polygamous families.
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He suffered the fate of large polygamous families, where sons of older wives tend to disinherit those of younger wives.
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Polygamous families consist of a large patrifocal family unit based on one man, and smaller matrifocal subfamilies: each woman's family unit, composed of the woman and her children.
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