bigamy /ˈbɪɡəmi/ noun2 •The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.This is a peculiar privilege of the clergy, that sentence of death can never be passed upon them for any number of manslaughters, bigamies, simple larcenies, or other clergyable offences; [...] — 1807 •(historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse. formsbigamies