Sororate marriage is a type of marriage in which a husband engages in marriage or sexual relations with the sister of his wife, usually after the death...

marry her deceased husband's brother. This form of marriage is called levirate. Sororate marriage is another custom: When a man loses his wife before...

The general dignitaries also had only one wife but many concubines. Sororate marriage is a custom in which a man marries his wife's sister(s). Later it...

clan. Some men also practiced sororate marriage, that is a marriage to a former wife's sister or a polygynous marriage to both sisters. This would have...

arranged marriage, forced marriage, polygamy marriage, polyandry marriage, polygyny marriage, group marriage, coverture marriage, child marriage, cousin...

provide a replacement for her, thus maintaining the marriage alliance. Both levirate and sororate may result in a man having multiple wives. In monogamous...

priestly Sakya class. The female equivalent of fraternal polyandry is sororate marriage. Anthropologist Stephen Beckerman points out that at least 20 tribal...

children for the husband on behalf of the wife. Levirate marriage Widow inheritance Sororate marriage The Handmaid's Tale A. Nwosu, I., Ekpechu, J., Njemanze...

was twice divorced from both Milton Berle and Billy Rose Sororate marriage Levirate marriage "20 Stars Who Married The Same Person Twice". ScreenRant...

intervals of bride service living with their in-laws, and levirate or sororate marriage might be practiced in the event of the death of a spouse. Kin groups...

paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. While...

Group marriage or conjoint marriage is a marital arrangement where three or more adults enter into sexual, affective, romantic, or otherwise intimate...

In Chinese tradition, a Ghost Marriage (Chinese: 冥婚; pinyin: mínghūn; lit. 'spirit marriage') refers to a marriage in which one or both parties are deceased...

which is property settled on the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage. Some cultures may practice both simultaneously. Many cultures practiced...

monogamy derives from the Greek μονός, monos ("one"), and γάμος, gamos ("marriage"), referring to the functional social behaviour of pair-bonding. The term...

For example, marriage is promoted between them in the Iroquois system. Parallel cousins are occasionally the subject of promoted marriage, such as the...

structure as unsuitable for marriage or other close personal relationships. Its opposite, exogamy, describes the social norm of marriage outside of the group...

is a woman who lists herself in catalogs and is selected by a man for marriage. In the twentieth century, the trend primarily involved women living in...

two related aspects: biological and cultural. Biological exogamy is the marriage of people who are not blood relatives. This is regulated by incest taboos...

recognizes several types of marriages such as matrilateral cross-cousin marriage, Levirate marriage, Sororate marriage, a marriage between the offspring of...

recorded. Marriage within the same khilli is proscribed. Cousin marriage both from the paternal or maternal side is also taboo. Sororate marriage is practised...

stigmatized. Marriage by negotiation is the most common type of marriage. However cross-cousin marriage, junior levirate, junior sororate, marriage by elopement...

kobietę za żonę/взять в жёны, "to take a woman for a wife"). The verbs for marriage in the Hungarian language show evidence of patrilocality. The verb for...

result of someone's marriage. It is the relationship each party in the marriage has to the family of the other party in the marriage. It does not cover...

close relatives from those considered suitable or permissible sexual or marriage partners, making such relationships taboo. However, different norms exist...

their belief that they are all descended from the same ancient ancestress. Marriage between members of the same abusua is forbidden. One inherits or is a lifelong...

those applied to brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, due to preferential marriage practices (see below). Ego (the subject from whose perspective the kinship...

In historical (not anthropological) terminology, an avunculate marriage is the marriage of a man with the daughter of his sister (not explicitly forbidden...

Bride service Dowry Parallel / cross cousins Cousin marriage Levirate Sororate Posthumous marriage Joking relationship Clan Cohabitation Fictive / Milk /...

or near the wife's parents. Frequently,[clarification needed] visiting marriage is being practiced, meaning that husband and wife are living apart, in...