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bigamy

[big-uh-mee]

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noun, plural big·a·mies.

Law. the crime of marrying while one has a wife or husband still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected.

Ecclesiastical. any violation of canon law concerning marital status that would disqualify a person from receiving holy orders or from retaining or surpassing an ecclesiastical rank.

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Origin:
1200–50; Middle English bigamie < Medieval Latin bigamia (Late Latin bigam(us) bigamous + Latin -ia -y³)

Can be confused: bigamy, polyandry, polygamy, polygyny.

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bigamy (ˈbɪɡəmɪ)

—n , pl -mies
	the crime of marrying a person while one is still legally married to someone else

[C13: via French from Medieval Latin bigamus; see bi-¹, -gamy]

'bigamist

—n

'bigamous

—*adj*

'bigamously

—*adv*

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bigamy

mid-13c., from O.Fr. bigamie (13c.), from L.L. bigamus "twice married," from bi- "double" + Gk. gamos "marrying" (see gamete).

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