digamy


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Related to digamy: Trigamy, deuterogamy, Emolliate

dig·a·my

 (dĭg′ə-mē)
dig′a·mous (-məs) adj.
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digamy

(ˈdɪɡəmɪ)
n, pl -mies
(Sociology) a second marriage contracted after the termination of the first by death or divorce. Also called: deuterogamy Compare bigamy
[C17: from Late Latin digamia, from Greek, from di1 + gamos marriage]
ˈdigamist n
ˈdigamous adj
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dig•a•my

(ˈdɪg ə mi)

n., pl. -mies.
a second marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse. Compare monogamy (def. 3).
[1625–35; < Late Latin digamia < Greek digamía; see di-1, -gamy]
dig′a•mous, adj.
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digamism, digamy

a second legal marriage after the termination of a first marriage by death or divorce. Also called deuterogamy. — digamist, n. — digamous, adj.
See also: Marriage
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What is a digamy? Chris Tarrant - see Question 757 to 796?