Meaning of sister-wife | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A woman who is simultaneously sister and wife to her spouse.
2. In a polygamous marriage, a woman who is simultaneously the sister and co-wife of another.
3. A co-wife in general.

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Examples

“My Grecians shall victorious prove, By me led on to War, the Sister-Wife of Jove.”

“Ptolemy VII […] married Cleopatra, the sister-wife of his predecessor.”

“Anat as sister-wife of Baal, Isis as mother of Horos and sister-wife of Osiris, Hera as sister-wife of Zeus”

“Enmities between sister-wives will [be,] from their having known each other too intimately all their lives, more unmannerly than where they are strangers to each other”

“Yüeh-niang and her sister-wives, all dressed in formal gowns, came out from inside to greet them and ushered them into the rear reception hall”

“The concept of 'sisterhood' was popularly applied to the official organizations for Mormon women, and Mormon co-wives were and are still known as 'sister-wives'”

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