deuterogamy

[doo-tuh-rog-uh-mee, dyoo-]

noun

1. digamy.

deuterogamy

/ ˌdjuːtəˈrɒɡəmɪ /

noun

1. another word for digamy

Other Word Forms

• deuterogamist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deuterogamy¹

First recorded in 1650–60, deuterogamy is from the Greek word deuterogamía a second marriage. See deutero-, -gamy

Example Sentences

Deuterogamy, dū-tėr-og′a-mi, n. second marriage, esp. of the clergy, after the death of the first wife.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

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.'

From Project Gutenberg