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Monogamy :: Monogamy (n.) Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy..

Midwife :: Midwife (n.) A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.

Suttee :: Suttee (n.) A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character..

Family :: Family (v. t.) The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society..

Prelatess :: Prelatess (n.) A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate.

Uxorial :: Uxorial (a.) Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife..

Alimony :: Alimony (n.) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same..

Archwife :: Archwife (n.) A big, masculine wife..

Wive :: Wive (v. t.) To take for a wife; to marry.

Wively :: Wively (a.) Wifely.

Huswife :: Huswife (n.) A case for sewing materials. See Housewife.

Deuterogamy :: Deuterogamy (n.) A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy..

Repudiate :: Repudiate (v. t.) To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry..

Spouse :: Spouse (n.) A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it..

Cuckold :: Cuckold (n.) A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.

Rani :: Rani (n.) A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah.

Obstetrics :: Obstetrics (n.) The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth..

Mulier :: Mulier (n.) A woman; a wife; a mother.

Hussy :: Hussy (n.) A housewife or housekeeper.

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