Word of the Day – Pantagamy

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.”