'Cenogamy' definitions:
Definition of 'Cenogamy'
From: GCIDE
- Cenogamy \Ce*nog"a*my\ (s[-e]*n[o^]g"[.a]*m[y^]), n. [Gr. koino`s common + ga`mos marriage.] The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'cenogamy'
From: GCIDE
- Coenogamy \C[oe]*nog"a*my\, n. [Gr. ?; koino`s common + ? marraige.] The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies. [Written also cenogamy.] [1913 Webster]