'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]