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[ puh-lig-uh-mist ] / pəˈlɪg ə mɪst /
nouna person who practices or favors polygamy. Origin of polygamistFirst recorded in 1630–40; polygam(y) + -ist OTHER WORDS FROM polygamistpo·lyg·a·mis·tic, adjectiveWords nearby polygamistpolygala, polygalaceous, polygalactia, polygalacturonase, polygamic, polygamist, polygamophile, polygamous, polygamy, polygene, polygenesis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for polygamistLike me, he no longer believed that Joseph Smith, the polygamist founder of the Mormon church, was a prophet of God. A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism|Lynn K. Wilder|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST In turn, they risk being labeled as “pligs,” a slang term outsiders reserve for polygamist families. Polygamy Cult 's Civil War|Carol McKinley|August 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST The Warren Jeffs child sex trial began with a shock: The polygamist will represent himself—with help from God. Polygamist Courtroom Circus|Carol McKinley|July 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST A polygamist sect in North Carolina is suspected of killing two of its members, one of them a 5-year-old boy. The 'Black Hebrew' Cult Murder Case|Winston Ross|April 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
In fact, beginning in 2003 Utah government agencies have worked closely with polygamist and nonprofit groups. Sister Wives Season 2: Polygamy's Strange Charm|Joyce C. Tang|March 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST This is especially likely to be the case if the animal be a polygamist. The Meaning of Evolution|Samuel Christian Schmucker As a Mormon woman said, "A polygamist is the most ingenious liar imaginable." The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5|Various It has been so ever since and is so to-day that nearly every man of the governing class has been or is a polygamist. Conditions in Utah|Thomas Kearns According to the Old, the slaveholder was a just and generous man; a polygamist was a model of virtue. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll That God sanctioned the practice, and is himself a polygamist. The Mormon Prophet and His Harem|C.V. Waite
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