necrogamy
necrogamy · necrogamies
Posthumous marriage, a legal state where a deceased person is retroactively considered…Posthumous marriage, a legal state where a deceased person is retroactively considered to have been married for legal purposes, such as inheritance.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Posthumous marriage, a legal state where a deceased person is retroactively considered to have been married for legal purposes, such as inheritance.
Origin
From necro- + -gamy.From necro- + -gamy.
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Forms
plural: necrogamies| Singular | necrogamy |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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