deuterogamy
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English
Etymology
From deutero- + -gamy, from Ancient Greek. Literally, second wedding/marriage.
Noun
deuterogamy (uncountable)
- A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law.
- 1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: , volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: B. Collins, for F Newbery, , →OCLC; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, 1885, →OCLC:
- You here see that unfortunate divine, who has so long , and it would ill become me to say , successfully , fought against the deuterogamy of the age
Derived terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “deuterogamy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)