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单词 bigamy
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
big•a•my /ˈbɪgəmi/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Lawthe act of marrying one person while being legally married to another:Bigamy is acceptable in that culture.
See -gam-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
big•a•my  (big′ə mē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mies. 
  1. Lawthe crime of marrying while one has a wife or husband still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected.
  2. [Eccles.]any violation of canon law concerning marital status that would disqualify a person from receiving holy orders or from retaining or surpassing an ecclesiastical rank.
  • Medieval Latin bigamia (Late Latin bigam(us) bigamous + Latin -ia -y3)
  • Middle English bigamie 1200–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bigamy /ˈbɪɡəmɪ/ n ( pl -mies)
  1. the crime of marrying a person while one is still legally married to someone else
Etymology: 13th Century: via French from Medieval Latin bigamus; see bi-1, -gamy

ˈbigamist n ˈbigamous adj
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