Ce*nog"a*my (sE*nog"a*m&ybreve;), 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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Cœ*nog"a*my (?), n. [Gr. &?;; koino`s common + &?; marraige.]

The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies. [Written also cenogamy.]

 

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