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No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages.
Judy Biggert

Meaning of "bigamy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BIGAMY

Via French from Medieval Latin bigamus.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BIGAMY

bigamy  [ˈbɪɡəmɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIGAMY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bigamy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIGAMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bigamy

Bigamy

In cultures that practice marital monogamy, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another. Bigamy is a crime in most western countries, and when it occurs in this context often neither the first nor second spouse is aware of the other. In countries that have bigamy laws, consent from a prior spouse makes no difference to the legality of the second marriage, which is usually considered void.

Definition of bigamy in the English dictionary

The definition of bigamy in the dictionary is the crime of marrying a person while one is still legally married to someone else.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIGAMY


agami
ˈæɡəmɪ
autogamy
ɔːˈtɒɡəmɪ
cryptogamy
krɪpˈtɒɡəmɪ
digamy
ˈdɪɡəmɪ
endogamy
ɛnˈdɒɡəmɪ
exogamy
ɛkˈsɒɡəmɪ
hercogamy
hɜːˈkɒɡəmɪ
hologamy
həʊˈlɒɡəmɪ
homogamy
hɒˈmɒɡəmɪ
hypergamy
haɪˈpɜːɡəmɪ
karyogamy
ˌkærɪˈɒɡəmɪ
misogamy
mɪˈsɒɡəmɪ
monogamy
mɒˈnɒɡəmɪ
pangamy
ˈpænɡəmɪ
pantagamy
pænˈtæɡəmɪ
polygamy
pəˈlɪɡəmɪ
porogamy
pɔːˈrɒɡəmɪ
syngamy
ˈsɪŋɡəmɪ
trigamy
ˈtrɪɡəmɪ
zoogamy
zəʊˈɒɡəmɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIGAMY

big-sounding
big-style
big-ticket
big-time
big-timer
biga
bigamies
bigamist
bigamous
bigamously
bigarade
bigarreau
bigeminal
bigeminy
bigener
bigeneric
bigeye
bigeyeye
bigfoot
bigg

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIGAMY

allogamy
anisogamy
apogamy
autoallogamy
chalazogamy
chasmogamy
cleistogamy
clistogamy
deuterogamy
dichogamy
geitonogamy
heterogamy
isogamy
oogamy
plasmogamy
serial monogamy
siphonogamy
thingamy
xenogamy

Synonyms and antonyms of bigamy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bigamy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIGAMY

Find out the translation of bigamy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bigamy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bigamy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重婚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bigamia
570 millions of speakers

English

bigamy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

द्विविवाह
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الجمع بين زوجتين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

двоеженство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bigamia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুই পত্নী গ্রহণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bigamie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bigamy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bigamie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重婚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중혼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bigamy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự chung hai vợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Bigamy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दादागिरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bigami
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bigamia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bigamia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

двоєженство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bigamie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διγαμία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bigamie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bigami
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bigami
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bigamy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIGAMY»

The term «bigamy» is normally little used and occupies the 116.350 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIGAMY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bigamy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bigamy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bigamy

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2 QUOTES WITH «BIGAMY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bigamy.
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Judy Biggert
No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages.
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Bob Hope
Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIGAMY»

Discover the use of bigamy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bigamy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sweet Land of Bigamy
Helen Motes, who becomes an unlikely bigamist after getting married to a man who will agree to anything while still married to a husband who is away in Iraq, must choose which of the two to keep.
Miah Arnold, 2012
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Bigamy
Contents.
Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1985
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Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne
In Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne, McDougall traces the history of this conflict in the diocese of Troyes and places it in the larger context of Christian theology and culture.
Sara McDougall, 2012
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Good Faith and Truthful Ignorance: A Case of Transatlantic ...
So begins the labyrinthine legal tale and engrossing drama of an explorer and his two wives, skillfully reconstructed through the expert and original archival research of Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble David Cook.
Alexandra Parma Cook, 1991
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Corporate bigamy: how to resolve the conflict between career ...
An industrial psychologist helps corporate executives resolve the conflict between their careers and families and apply management techniques at home
Mortimer R. Feinberg, Richard F. Dempewolff, 1980
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Isn't That Bigamy?
Becky. was on her second bottle of grape cough syrup, feeling woozy. Everything was moving in slow motion. Time around her went fast. She'd close her eyes and the sun was low on the horizon. She'd blink and the sun had already set.
Mike Vogel, 2007
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A Guide to America's Sex Laws
Technically, bigamy is the state of being married to two people at once. Three makes it trigamy, and so forth, but the statutes generally use "bigamy" to refer to any marriage other than a monogamous one, and the term connotes illegality.
Richard A. Posner, Katharine B. Silbaugh, 1996
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Bigamy in Late Medieval France
This dissertation examines the practice and prosecution of bigamy in fifteenth-century Northeastern France.
Sara Ann McDougall, 2011
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The Central Law Journal
What is Bigamy? — It is "where any person, having a former husband or wife living, marries or lives and cohabits with another person as husband or wife." But it is generally provided that this does not apply "to any person whose husband or  ...
10
Women in the Inquisition: Spain and the New World
When. Bigamy. Is. the. Charge. Gallegan Women and the Holy Office ALLYSON M. POSKA In 1590, Margarida Lopez, a Gallegan peasant woman, decided to get on with her life after having been abandoned by her first husband more than ...
Mary E. Giles, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIGAMY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bigamy is used in the context of the following news items.
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The 4 elements of bigamy
My cousin married at the age of twenty one. His wife moved to Singapore to fulfill her professional dreams, and they eventually stopped ... «The Manila Times, Jul 15»
2
First gay marriage, now two spouses: Government and media react …
He and his second wife, Christine, had a religious wedding ceremony in 2007 but did not sign a marriage license to avoid bigamy charges, ... «GetReligion, Jul 15»
3
What's Next? Polygamy
... Court for the District of Utah, struck down Utah's cohabitation ban in the bigamy law, finding it intruded upon the free exercise of religion. «GOPUSA, Jul 15»
4
Former Insurgent Elected Chechen Parliament Speaker
Daudov was subsequently quoted as advocating the legalization of bigamy within the framework of Islamic law. At first glance, therefore, ... «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jul 15»
5
Supreme Court Or Supreme Being--Who Will You Obey?
Any marriage regulations/laws (e.g. bigamy, polygamy, incest, etc.) are the State government's jurisdiction. See Amendments 9 & 10. «Western Journalism, Jul 15»
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'Sister Wives' polygamist vows to fight for marriage licence
Bigamy and polygamy are illegal under both federal and Montana state law. Collier said the request took Yellowstone County officials by ... «St. Catharines Standard, Jul 15»
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Nathan Collier: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Bigamy, or the holding of more than one marriage license, is illegal in Montana and all 50 states. There are penitential consequences for ... «Heavy.com, Jul 15»
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Same-sex marriage decision might not impact Utah's polygamy …
... Utah in 2011 after finding themselves under investigation for bigamy after they began appearing on their cable TV reality show “Sister Wives. «fox13now.com, Jul 15»
9
Abetz warns polyamory follows gay marriage
Montana, like all 50 US states, outlaws bigamy — holding multiple marriage licences — but Collier said he plans to sue if the application is ... «The New Daily, Jul 15»
10
Texas authorities left to care for Warren Jeffs's Zion Ranch
FLDS president Warren Jeffs and ten other men were convicted of crimes related to bigamy and sex abuse from taking girls as wives after a ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bigamy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bigamy>. Apr 2024 ».
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