"trigamy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɪ.ɡə.mi/ Forms: trigamies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρίγαμος (trígamos), from τρία (tría, “three”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). By surface analysis, tri- + -gamy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|τρίγαμος}} Ancient Greek τρίγαμος (trígamos), {{surf|en|tri-|-gamy}} By surface analysis, tri- + -gamy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} trigamy (countable and uncountable, plural trigamies)
  1. The state of having three (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Marriage, Three Translations (the state of having three spouses simultaneously): trigàmia [feminine] (Catalan), trigamia [feminine] (Portuguese), троежёнство (troježónstvo) [neuter] (Russian), trigamiaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-trigamy-en-noun-PY6sNTWN Disambiguation of Marriage: 66 34 Disambiguation of Three: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tri-, English terms suffixed with -gamy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tri-: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gamy: 93 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'the state of having three spouses simultaneously': 100 0
  2. (ecclesiastical) A third marriage. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-trigamy-en-noun-LuS5zLyo Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: trigamist, trigamous Related terms: bigamy, tri-

Inflected forms

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