digamy

digamy
digamous, adj.
/dig"euh mee/, n.
a second marriage, after the death or divorce of the first husband or wife; deuterogamy. Cf. monogamy (def. 3).
[1625-35; < LL digamia < Gk digamía, equiv. to di- DI-1 + -gamia -GAMY]

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