Bigamy
Bigamy ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English bigamie, from Latin bigamus twice married; bis twice + Greek {not transcribed} marriage; prob. akin to Sanskrit jāmis related, and Latin gemini twins, the root meaning to bind, join: compare French bigamie. Compare Digamy.]
It is not strictly correct to call this offense bigamy: it more properly denominated polygamy, that is, having a plurality of wives or husbands at once, and in several statutes in the United States the offense is classed under the head of polygamy.
In the canon law bigamy was the marrying of two virgins successively, or one after the death of the other, or once marrying a widow. This disqualified a man for orders, and for holding ecclesiastical offices. Shakespeare uses the word in the latter sense.