adelphogamy

Definitions of Adelphogamy

1. (noun) Marriage in which brothers share one or more wives.
2. (noun) Marriage between a brother and sister.

Example of Adelphogamy

• Brothers and sisters from royal families in ancient Egypt would marry to perpetuate the royal lineage.

Adelphogamy Pronunciation

Pronunciation Usage Guide

Syllabification: a·del·pho·ga·my

Audio Pronunciation

International Phonetic Alphabet

• American English – /ˌædɛlˈfɑɡəmi/
• British English – /ˌadɛlˈfɒɡəmi/

Usage Notes

• Plural: adelphogamies
• A type of marriage and polyandry.
• Also called:
  • adelphic polyandry
  • fraternal polyandry
• A brother and sister who are married are in an (adjective) adelphogamic or (adjective) adelphogamous relationship.

Additional Information

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Related Terms

• bigamy
• endogamy
• exogamy
• family
• marriage
• monogamy
• open marriage
• polyamory
• polygamy
• polygyny

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Works Consulted

Collins English Dictionary: Complete and Unabridged. 6th ed. 2003. Glasgow, Scotland: Collins.

Macmillan. (N.d.) Macmillan Dictionary. (https://www.macmillandictionary.com/).

Oxford University Press. (N.d.) Oxford Dictionaries. (https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/).

Princeton University. 2010. WordNet. (https://wordnet.princeton.edu/).

Random House Webster’s College Dictionary. 1997. New York: Random House.

Wikipedia contributors. (N.d.) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation. (https://en.wikipedia.org/).

Cite the Definition of Adelphogamy

ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “adelphogamy.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved April 20, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/adelphogamy/).

APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)

adelphogamy. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/adelphogamy/

Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “adelphogamy.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/adelphogamy/.

MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)

“adelphogamy.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 20 Apr. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/adelphogamy/>.