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Meaning of CENOGAMY

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ce*nog"a*my\ (s[-e]*n[o^]g"[.a]*m[y^]), n. [Gr.
koino`s common + ga`mos marriage.]
The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual
intercourse among its members, as in certain societies
practicing communism.

 

 

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