Definitions for bigamy

bigamy big·a·my

Spelling: [big-uh-mee]
IPA: /ˈbɪg ə mi/

Bigamy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in bigamy (abgimy).

Definitions for bigamy

noun

  1. Law. the crime of marrying while one has a spouse still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected.
  2. Ecclesiastical. any violation of canon law concerning marital status that would disqualify a person from receiving holy orders or from retaining or surpassing an ecclesiastical rank.

Origin of bigamy

1200-50; Middle English bigamie Medieval Latin bigamia (Late Latin bigam(us) bigamous + Latin -ia -y3)

Examples for bigamy

It would be bigamy and that's far worse than what the Archdeacon said I'd done.

This gentleman, formerly a captain in the army, had been transported for bigamy.

But Tuesday it turned out that one congressman may have ties to a far more exotic crime; bigamy.

Her bigamy may have been innocent, or at least, an unavoidable accident.

He was afraid of bein' took up for bigamist, you see—for bein' a bigamy, I mean.

Not a bit of it Let her contract a new marriage, and the law will indict her for bigamy.

bigamy, or having multiple active marriage licenses, is a third-degree felony in Utah.

The LDS renounced polygamy long ago in response to bigamy laws, and doesn't recognize any splinter groups that practice polygamy.

But, according to Florida law, that would qualify as bigamy.

When you accuse my wife of bigamy that is not quarrelling with me!

Word Value for bigamy
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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