biga (biga)

[L., sing. from earlier pl. biga, a pair of horses, a chariot or car drawn by them, contr. of bijuga, fem. pl. of bijugus, yoked two together, bigamt (big'am), n. [ Some parts thereof teach us ordinances of some apostle, as the law of bigamy, or St. Paul's ordaining that a big am should not be a deacon or priest. Bp . Pecock , in his Life by J. Lewis, p. 286.