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Webster 1913 Edition


Trigamy

Trig′a-my

,
Noun.
[L.
trigamia
,Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
trigamie
. See
Trigamous
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Trigamy

TRIG'AMY

,
Noun.
[Gr. three, and marriage.] State of being married tree times; or the state of having three husbands or three wives at the same time.

Definition 2024


trigamy

trigamy

English

Noun

trigamy (countable and uncountable, plural trigamies)

  1. The state of having three (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.
  2. (ecclesiastical) A third marriage.

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