English Dictionary

bigamy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɪɡəmi/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 歴史的

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously. / (ecclesiastical law, historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse.

日本語の意味

同時に二人以上の配偶者を持つ状態 / 死別後に再婚すること（教会法上、歴史的な意味合い）

He was arrested for bigamy after marrying a second woman without divorcing his first wife.

彼は最初の妻と離婚せずに二人目の女性と結婚したため、重婚の容疑で逮捕された。

意味（1）

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

But now we may find in S. Margarets life, who it is that is Chriſtes wife: whereby we are ſo much wiſer than we were before. But looke in the life of S. Katharine, in the golden legend, and you ſhall find that he was alſo married to S. Katharine, and that our ladie made the marriage, &c. An excellent authoritie for bigamie.

意味（2）

(ecclesiastical law, historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse.

Bigamie was a counterplea (deuiſed at yͤ Councell of Lyons, vpon mislike of ſecond marriage) to be obiected, when the priſoner demaundeth the benefite of the Clergie, to wit, his Book, as namely to ſay, that he which demaundeth the priuiledge of the Clergie, was married to ſuch a woman at ſuch a place, within ſuch a Dioceſſe, and that ſhee is dead, and that hee hath married another woman within the ſame Dioceſſe, or within ſome other Dioceſſe, and ſo is Bigamus.

bigamies （ plural ）