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bigamy

noun

1 bigamy

The state of having two spouses at the same time.

Roget 903: marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii [Lat.], nuptial tie.    married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation.    match; ... show more

Dutch: bigamie
Polish: bigamia, dwużeństwo

2 bigamy

The offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred.


Moby thesaurus: beena marriage, common-law marriage, companionate marriage, concubinage, deuterogamy, left-handed marriage, levirate, leviration, love match, marriage of convenience, monandry, monogamy, monogyny, morganatic marriage, picture marriage, polyandry, polygamy, polygyny, trial marriage, trigamy.

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