bigamy 重婚（罪）；polygamy 一夫多妻(制)；monogamy一夫一妻(制)

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bigamy
big·a·my
\-mē, -mi\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English bigamie, from Medieval Latin bigamia, from Latin bi- bi- (I) + Late Latin -gamia -gamy, from Greek, from gamos marriage + -ia -y; akin to Latin gener son-in-law, Sanskrit jāmi being a brother or sister, jāmī daughter-in-law
1. criminal law
a. : unlawful polygamy
b. : the statutory offense of entering into a ceremonial marriage with one person while still legally married to another
2. canon law : any of several offenses that disqualify one from holding ecclesiastical office or entering holy orders:
a. : the offense of marrying two persons successively whether the first spouse be dead or divorced or of marrying a widow — called also real bigamy
b. : the offense of marrying one already carnally known by another — called also interpretative bigamy
c. : the offense of one in holy orders or under a vow of continence in marrying anyone

bigamy
big·amy / ˈbigəmi /
noun
[U]
   the crime of marrying sb when you are still legally married to sb else
   重婚罪
⇨ compare monogamy , polygamy
• big·am·ous / ˈbigəməs / adj.:
   a bigamous relationship
   重婚关系

bigamy

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big∙a∙my / ˈbɪgəmɪ ; ˈbɪgəmi /
◙noun [U]
1. the crime of being married to two people at the same time
• 重婚（罪）
--› monogamy , polygamy
♦bigamist noun [C]
♦bigamous adj.

big·a·my
/ˈbıgəmi/ noun   [  noncount  ]
  : the crime of marrying one person while you are still legally married to another
   He was accused of bigamy.
  big·a·mist /ˈbıgəmıst/ noun , pl   -mists [  count  ]
   She found out that he was a bigamist.
  big·a·mous /ˈbıgəməs/ adj
   a bigamous marriage


同源词
bigamous (adj.)"pertaining to or guilty of bigamy," 1690s; see bigamy + -ous.

Related entries & more
bigamist (n.)"one who has had two or more wives or husbands at once," 1630s; see bigamy + -ist. Earlier in the same sense was bigame (mid-15c.), from Old French bigame, from Medival Latin bigamus.

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polygamy (n.)"marriage with more than one spouse," 1590s, from Late Latin polygamia, from Late Greek polygamia "polygamy," from polygamos "often married," from polys "many" (see poly-) + gamos "marriage" (see gamete). The word is not etymologically restricted to marriage of one man and multiple women (technically polygyny), but often used as if it were. Related: Polygamist; polygamize.

In Christian countries, when a man has more wives than one, or a woman more husbands than one, at the same time, he or she is punishable for polygamy ; but if there was a separate marriage with each the first marriage would be valid notwithstanding the subsequent ones, and the later ones would be void. The offense of contracting the subsequent marriage is now termed bigamy. But polygamy in the form of polygyny is allowed in some countries, especially among Mohammedans, and was held a matter of faith and duty by the Mormons. [Century Dictionary, 1895]

monogamy
mon·og·amy / məˈnɔgəmi; NAmE məˈnɑːg- /
noun
[U]
1. the fact or custom of being married to only six person at a particular time
   一夫一妻(制)
⇨ compare bigamy , polygamy
2. the practice or custom of having a sexual relationship with only six partner at a particular time
   单配偶；单配性
• mon·og·am·ous / məˈnɔgəməs; NAmE məˈnɑːg- / adj.:
   a monogamous marriage
   一夫一妻制的婚姻
   Most birds are monogamous.
   大多数飞禽都是单配性的。

polygamy
pol·yg·amy / pəˈligəmi /
noun
[U]
   (technical 术语) the custom of having more than six wife at the same time
   一夫多妻(制)
⇨ compare polyandry
• pol·yg·am·ist / pəˈligəmist / noun
• pol·yg·am·ous / pəˈligəməs / adj.:
   a polygamous marriage / society
   一夫多妻制婚姻/社会

西班牙语
bigamy
['big·a·my || 'bɪgəmɪ]
n. bigamia, casamiento con dos mujeres

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