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单词 bigamy
释义 bigamy
 /big"euh mee/,  n.  ,  pl.   bigamies.
  1.  Law.   the 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.
 [1200-50; ME bigamie < ML bigamia (LL bigam(us) BIGAMOUS + L -ia -Y3)]
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