Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See digamy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A second marriage after the death of the first husband or wife, or the custom of contracting such marriages.
- n. In botany, a form of nuclear fusion in certain cryptogams which is subsequent to the sexual act and superposed upon it.
Wiktionary
- n. A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See bigamy.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek second + wedding, marriage. From deutero- + -gamy (Wiktionary)
Examples
“You here see that unfortunate divine, who has so long, and it would ill become me to say, successfully fought against the deuterogamy of the age. "”
“You here see that unfortunate Divine, who has so long, and it would ill become me to say, successfully, fought against the deuterogamy of the age. ”
“You here see that unfortunate Divine, who has so long, and it would ill become me to say, successfully, fought against the deuterogamy of the age.’”
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