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deuterogamy

noun

  1. A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law.

    uncountable

    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

Where it comes from

From deutero- + -gamy, from Ancient Greek. Literally, second wedding or marriage.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry deuterogamy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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