sister wifen.

Brit.

/ˈsɪstə wʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈsɪstər ˌwaɪf/

Inflections: Plural sister wives.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sister n., wife n.

Etymology: < sister n. + wife n.

1. A wife who is also the sister of her husband. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [noun] > sister and wife

sister wife1513

1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) iii. xxvii. sig. R.v^v/2 His suster wyue For loue of whom, he felte his herte ryue.

1742 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes iii. iii. 313 My Grecians shall victorious prove, By Me led on to War, the Sister-Wife of Jove.

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 4/1 Mango Capac and Mama Oella his sister-wife.

1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. I. x. 118 Ptolemy VII married Cleopatra the sister-wife of his predecessor.

1999 K. A. Appiah & H. L. Gates Africana 670/3 Osiris succeeded Ra as king of the earth, helped by Isis, his sister-wife.

2. Any of the wives in a polygamous marriage.In quot. 1814: one of two or more sisters married to the same husband in such a marriage.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > polygyny > one of several wives

sister wife1814

co-wife1892

1814 A. Smith tr. J. D. Michaelis Comm. Laws Moses II. vii. 114 Enmities between sister-wives [Ger. Feindschaften zwischen Schwestern] will..always be more violent,..from their having known each other too intimately all their lives.

1836 F. H. Rankin White Man's Grave II. xx. 246 The warmth of heart..expands amongst the sister-wives and exhibits the only happy result of a distressing practice.

1944 Pittsburgh Courier 13 May 7/7 How many little things I have learned from my sister wives that have added to the..comforts I can administer to my husband.

2011 Independent 6 Aug. 29/5 They found a..tape recording of a 12-year-old girl being ‘married’ to Jeffs. The tape..was apparently recorded in a bedroom at the ranch with several elder ‘sister wives’ present as witnesses to the ceremony.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sister wife
释义	sister wifen. Brit. /ˈsɪstə wʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈsɪstər ˌwaɪf/ Inflections: Plural sister wives. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sister n., wife n. Etymology: < sister n. + wife n. 1. A wife who is also the sister of her husband. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [noun] > sister and wife sister wife1513 1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) iii. xxvii. sig. R.v^v/2 His suster wyue For loue of whom, he felte his herte ryue. 1742 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes iii. iii. 313 My Grecians shall victorious prove, By Me led on to War, the Sister-Wife of Jove. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 4/1 Mango Capac and Mama Oella his sister-wife. 1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. I. x. 118 Ptolemy VII married Cleopatra the sister-wife of his predecessor. 1999 K. A. Appiah & H. L. Gates Africana 670/3 Osiris succeeded Ra as king of the earth, helped by Isis, his sister-wife. 2. Any of the wives in a polygamous marriage.In quot. 1814: one of two or more sisters married to the same husband in such a marriage. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > polygyny > one of several wives sister wife1814 co-wife1892 1814 A. Smith tr. J. D. Michaelis Comm. Laws Moses II. vii. 114 Enmities between sister-wives [Ger. Feindschaften zwischen Schwestern] will..always be more violent,..from their having known each other too intimately all their lives. 1836 F. H. Rankin White Man's Grave II. xx. 246 The warmth of heart..expands amongst the sister-wives and exhibits the only happy result of a distressing practice. 1944 Pittsburgh Courier 13 May 7/7 How many little things I have learned from my sister wives that have added to the..comforts I can administer to my husband. 2011 Independent 6 Aug. 29/5 They found a..tape recording of a 12-year-old girl being ‘married’ to Jeffs. The tape..was apparently recorded in a bedroom at the ranch with several elder ‘sister wives’ present as witnesses to the ceremony. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1513
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