sister-wife

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A woman who is simultaneously sister and wife to her spouse.

   • 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
2. 2

   In a polygamous marriage, a woman who is simultaneously the sister and co-wife of another.

   • 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
3. 3

   A co-wife in general.

   • 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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