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bigamist|ˈbɪgəmɪst|
[f. as bigamy + -ist.]
A man or woman living in bigamy: a. in the usual acceptation; cf. bigamy 1. Hence bigaˈmistic a.
a1631J. Done Septuagint 202 (T.) Lamech the prime bigamist and corrupter of marriage. 1840Thackeray Paris Sk.-bk. (1872) 237 Old La Vauballière was a bigamist. 1834Fraser's Mag. IX. 332 He had actually gone through a bigamistic sham with her.
b. in Eccl. Law; cf. bigamy 2. Obs. exc. Hist.
[1656Blount Glossogr., Bigamist, he that hath marryed two wives.] 1726Ayliffe Parerg. 116 Much less can a Bigamist have such a Benefice. 1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Chr. (1858) II. i. 17 The bigamist, though he were a widower..was excluded..from the rank of bishop, etc. |