[ad. Gr. ἀγαμία celibacy, f. ἄγαμος: see AGAMOUS.] Absence or non-recognition of the marriage relation.
1796. W. Taylor, in Month. Rev., XXI. 492. Plato’s system of agamy. Ibid. (1801), in Month. Mag., XII. 578. The theory of agamy or of exempting matrimony from the notice of the magistrate.
