digamist

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noun

One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist.

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Meanings

noundigamist (plural digamists)

plural digamists

  1. One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist.

    Then for the other interpretation , that here the digamist, or he that hath had two wives successively one after another , should be made uncapable of holy orders

    1653, Henry Hammond, Paraphrase and Annotations on the New Testament

Origin

From digamy + -ist.

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APA

digamist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digamist

MLA

“digamist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digamist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digamist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digamist.

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