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The Sister Wives star, 52, chronicles her journey within and away from Mormonism and polygamy in Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Finding Freedom, set to debut in September 2025.—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025 The Brown family were members of the Apostolic United Brethren, a fundamentalist Mormon group that practices polygamy.—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025 In the recent episode of iHeart’s Rogue Energy podcast, Christine and Janelle Brown discussed their lives after leaving polygamy.—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025 In small towns, men often have multiple partners — both male and female — and polygamy is common.—Adam Williams, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for polygamy
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin polygamia "frequent marriage," borrowed from Greek polygamía, from polýgamos "married several times, polygamous" + -ia-y entry 2
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