adelphogamy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Mating between ants descended from the same queen.

   • But, however true it may be that all of the products of adelphogamy have but a single mother, we cannot ignore the fact that they have divers fathers.
   • But she also asked about the civic organization of our state : whether our queens were adopted or whether we insured the continuity of our dynasty by adelphogamy.
2. 2

   A form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers.

   • Concerning the system of polyandry among the Todas, I gather that a woman may be married to more than one man, provided they are brothers (adelphogamy), and the maximum number of husbands seems to be five.
   • The tradition is quite different from the Han-Chinese, but may have the same origin as the adelphogamy of the Tibetan people, or be a variation of it.
3. 3

   Marriage between a brother and a sister.

   • What made Tiye encourage her children to engage in adelphogamy, especially given that Semenkhkara had already become a victim?

The neighborhood

• neighboradelphogamous