bigamy
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ə noun, plural big·a·mies.
1.
Law. the crime of marrying while one has a spouse still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected.
2.
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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bigamy (ˈbɪɡəmɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| 'bigamist | |
| —n | |
| 'bigamous | |
| —adj | |
| 'bigamously | |
| —adv | |
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Bigamy
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bigamy
mid-13c., from O.Fr. bigamie (13c.), from L.L. bigamus "twice married," from bi- "double" + Gk. gamos "marrying" (see gamete).
"Bigamie is unkinde ðing, On engleis tale, twie-wifing." [c.1250]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
In addition, there are strong presumptions in favor of the validity of a second marriage and against bigamy.
The bigamy statute is sufficiently definite to discourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement.
She disclosed her story despite the humiliation of her husband's bigamy and her abandonment.
Bigamy is illegal almost everywhere for good reason.
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