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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or relating to a peculiar form of family, supposed by Morgan to have been a stage in the development of human marriage. Compare group-marriage. See the extract.

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  • a. pertaining to primitive group marriage of a number of brothers to a number of sisters.

    August 24, 2009