sister-wife

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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