Pantagamy (noun)
pan-tag-a-mee
(historic) (US) A communal system of marriage in which all the men and women of a household or community are regarded as married to each other, formerly practised by the Perfectionist community at Oneida, New York State (1848–79).
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Nichol (1833–1894), literary scholar and writer. From panta-, variant of panto- + -gamy.
Example sentences
“The pantagamy so adhered to that no one really knew who their true parents were.”
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