"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), {{m|grc|τρία|t=three}} τρία (tría, “three”), {{m|grc|γάμος|t=marriage}} γάμος (gámos, “marriage”), {{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): Three Translations (the state of having three spouses simultaneously): trigamia [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-trigamy-en-noun-PY6sNTWN Disambiguation of Three: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with tri-, English terms suffixed with -gamy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tri-: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gamy: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'the state of having three spouses simultaneously': 98 2
  2. (ecclesiastical) A third marriage. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Marriage
    Sense id: en-trigamy-en-noun-LuS5zLyo Disambiguation of Marriage: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 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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