[ **up: [[Non-monogamous relationships]] | [[Marriage]]** ] --- # Group marriage [[2024-0730. 'Group marriage is a blanket term for marriages that include multiple husbands as well as multiple wives.'|'Group marriage is a blanket term for marriages that include multiple husbands as well as multiple wives.']][^1] [[2024-0730. As an institutionalized social practice, group marriage is extremely rare; nowhere does it appear to have existed as the prevailing form of marital arrangement.|'As an institutionalized social practice, group marriage is extremely rare; nowhere does it appear to have existed as the prevailing form of marital arrangement.']][^2] [^1]: ‘Countries Where Polygamy Is Legal 2024’, *World Population Review*, retrieved 30 July 2024, https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-where-polygamy-is-legal. [^2]: ‘group marriage’, *Encyclopaedia Britannica* (online ed.), retrieved 30 July 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/group-marriage.