Definition of Digamy

1. n. Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy.

Definition of Digamy

1. Noun. A second marriage (as after the death or divorce of a spouse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Digamy

1. a second legal marriage [n -MIES] : DIGAMOUS [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Digamy

dig one's own grave
dig out
dig out of a hole
dig up
dig up dirt
digable
digallane
digallanes
digamies
digamist
digamists
digamma
digammas
digamous
digamy (current term)
digastric
digastric branch of facial nerve
digastric fossa
digastric groove
digastric muscle
digastric notch
digastric triangle
digastrics
digastricus
digenea
digenean
digeneses
digenetic

Literary usage of Digamy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"inore gases in contact to intermingle with each oilier. digamy. [From Gr. SI-, fit, twice, .... digamy ..."

2. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, and by Joseph Bingham (1834)
"The Question of digamy, or Second Marriage, stated. Whether it debarred Men any Time from the Communion. There is one question in a doubtful case, ..."

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