Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
monogamous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.
- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.
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- adjective
monogamous
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Examples
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The family has fallen more into the strictly monogamian form, each occupying a separate house; communism in living in large households has disappeared, the organization into gentes has in many cases fallen out or been rudely extinguished by external influences; and their religious usages have yielded.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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In the Middle Status of barbarism the Indian tribes began to change descent from the female line to the male, as die syndyasmian family of the period began to assume monogamian characteristics.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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It was founded upon marriage between single pairs, but it fell below the monogamian family of civilized society.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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Civilization, with its diversified industries, its multiplied products, and its monogamian family, affords a breakfast and supper in addition to a dinner.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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These belong to the more highly developed house-keeping of the monogamian family in civilization.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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