Definition of "polygamists" [polygamists]

• Plural form of polygamist. (noun)

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• "Owen came to the role of living prophet late in life, having been designated as such only after the Brethren's previous leader, his brother Rulon, was murdered, in 1977, when rival polygamists from the Church of the Lamb of God went on a killing spree after their leader, Ervil LeBaron, had been excommunicated by his older brother, the leader of another polygamous sect, the Church of the First Born of the Fullness of Time."
• "However, more polygamy cases are being approached via the cohabitation gambit as most so-called polygamists in the United States are not "legally" married to their additional spouses."
• "Did Paul intend to exclude from church leadership polygamists, that is, men married to several wives or digamists, that is, men married twice or more legally?"