hetaerism noun.
[hɪ'tɪǝrɪz(ǝ)m] Also hetairism
[hɪ'tʌɪrɪz(ǝ)m].
M19.[Greek hetairismos prostitution, from hetairizein be a prostitute, from hetaira: see HETAERA, -ISM.]1. Concubinage as a recognized social system.
M19.2. Anthropology. Communal marriage as a social system.
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