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digamy
digamy [ díggəmi ] (plural digamies)


noun 
Definition:
 
second legal marriage: a second marriage that, unlike bigamy, is legal because the first husband or wife is dead or has been divorced ( formal )

[Early 17th century. Via late Latin< Greek digamia, < digamos 'married to two people' < gamos 'marriage']

digamous adjective
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