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bigams

bigams is the plural of bigam.

Meaning of bigam

Noun

bigam (plural bigams)

  1. (archaic, rare) A bigamist, or one who has married a widow.
    • If he were irreguler, suspende, excommunycate, bygame, illegittime, or concubinarie open and knowen, & by the consequens suspende at the tyme & houre that he receyved the dygnyte, the cure, or prelacyon he synneth mortally and is contynually in deedly synne...1502, anonymous author, The Ordinary of Christian Men, London: Wynkyn de Worde, page 234

Questions about bigams

What is bigams the plural of?
Bigams is the plural of bigam.

Words near bigams in the dictionary

  1. bigamized
  2. bigamizes
  3. bigamizing
  4. bigamous
  5. bigamously
  6. bigams
  7. bigamy
  8. bigarade
  9. bigarades
  10. bigarette
  11. bigarettes

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