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Definition of Trigamy
1. n. The act of marrying, or the state of being married, three times; also, the offense of having three husbands or three wives at the same time.
Definition of Trigamy
1. Noun. The state of having three (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously. ¹
2. Noun. (context: ecclesiastical) A third marriage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trigamy
1. having three legal spouses [n TRIGAMIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trigamy
Literary usage of Trigamy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Such Nonsense!: An Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1918)
"A PLEA FOR trigamy I've been trying to fashion a wifely ideal, And find that my
tastes are so far from concise That, to marry completely, no fewer than ..."
2. A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace (1895)
"In the case of trigamy and polygamy they laid down the same rule, in proportion,
... In cases of trigamy we have accepted a seclusion of five years, ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1876)
"Is trigamy to be identified in their sweet souls with floral innocence, and their
victims sitting by 1 " " Such classifications are puerile and fanciful," ..."
4. Lectures of George Thompson: With a Full Report of the Discussion Between Mr by George Thompson, William Lloyd Garrison, Peter Borthwick (1836)
"lie was again dragged from his second wife and children, and taken to America,
where he took a third wife, and then he is charged with trigamy. ..."
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