| n. | 1. | Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; - opposed to |
| 2. | (Zool.) State of being paired with a single mate. |
| Noun | 1. | monogamy - having only one spouse at a time Synonyms: monogamousness |
MONOGAMY. A marriage contracted between one man and one woman, in exclusion of all the rest of mankind; it is used in opposition to bigamy and polygamy. (q.v.) Wolff, Dr. de la Nat. Sec. 857. The state of having only one husband or one wife at one time.
beena marriage, bigamy, common-law marriage, companionate marriage, concubinage, deuterogamy, left-handed marriage, levirate, leviration, love match, marriage of convenience, monandry, monogyny, morganatic marriage, picture marriage, polyandry, polygamy, polygyny, trial marriage, trigamy