Hetarism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hetairism \He*tair"ism\, Hetarism \Het"a*rism\, n. [Gr. ? a
     companion, a concubine, fem. of ? a comrade.]
     A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women
     of a tribe were held in common. --H. Spencer. --
     {Het`a*ris"tic}, a.
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