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Word: Monogamy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from French monogamie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek monogamia, from monos ‘single’ + gamos ‘marriage’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
məˈnɒɡəmi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the practice of marrying or state of being married to one person at a time
Short Definition:practice of marrying or state of being married to one person at time
Examples:- Judaism has journeyed from polygamy to strict monogamy
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