See Also: trigamy(dictionary)

trigamy (iou)



trigamy noun. E17.
[Late Latin trigamia from Greek, from trigamos, from tri- TRI- + gamos marriage: see -Y3.]
Ecclesiastical Law. Remarriage after the death of two spouses. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
The state of having three wives or husbands at once; the action of twice going through forms of marriage with other persons while a legal marriage is still in existence. Cf. BIGAMY. M17.
trigamist noun a trigamous person M17.
trigamous adjective (a) Botany having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers in the same head; (b) living in or involving trigamy: M19.