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Etymology edit

From deutero- +‎ -gamy, from Ancient Greek. Literally, second wedding/marriage.

Noun edit

deuterogamy (uncountable)

  1. A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law.

Derived terms edit

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)