deuterogamy

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deuterogamy

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

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uncountable A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. 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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@misc{deuterogamy_2026,
  title = {deuterogamy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deuterogamy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}