conjugicide
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English
Etymology
From conjug(al) + -icide.
Noun
conjugicide (plural conjugicides)
- The act of killing one's spouse with the intention of then marrying someone else (sometimes taken to also include the act of killing another person's spouse with the intention of then marrying that person).
- Coordinate term: crimen (broader term)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:conjugicide.
Further reading
Marriage in the Catholic Church § Impediments on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
