Recent Examples on the WebThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gave up polygamy in the 19th century under pressure from Washington, and obviously human sacrifice would never be tolerated. William A. Galston, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 The first Saltair was opened in 1893 — only three years after church leaders formally abandoned the practice of polygamy. Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022 The church also has published essays on a range of thorny historical and doctrinal issues from polygamy and race to its belief in Heavenly Mother and humanity’s godlike potential. Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2022 Nor did many Americans trust the LDS Church, partially because of the practice of polygamy — which church leaders formally disavowed around the turn of the 20th century.The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2022 The Supreme Court first adopted the wall metaphor in an 1878 case upholding a federal law against polygamy in the territories. Barbara Perry, CNN, 29 June 2022 Although the LDS Church swore off the polygamy Joseph Smith preached in exchange for Utah’s admittance to the Union in 1896, thousands of fundamentalists still practice it in places like Colorado City, Arizona. Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2022 In 2020, the Utah Legislature reduced polygamy to an infraction — an offense less than some traffic tickets.The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021 Gill says that ice is even thicker in Utah, which was settled by LDS pioneers fleeing religious persecution back east, mainly for the practice of polygamy. Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin polygamia "frequent marriage," borrowed from Greek polygamía, from polýgamos "married several times, polygamous" + -ia-y entry 2