Associations to the word «Levirate»
Noun
- Widow
- Marri
- Inheritance
- Marriage
- Deceased
- Purification
- Dt
- Hara
- Pork
- Spouse
- Statute
- Obligation
- Wool
- Custom
- Brother
- Ruth
- Heir
- Goat
- Husband
- Practice
- Mixture
- Wilderness
- Impulse
- Clan
- Wife
- Regard
- Bible
- Law
- Sister
- Ceremony
- Union
- Younger
- Tribe
- Cousin
- Tradition
- Rule
- Child
- Institution
- Origin
- Status
- Death
- Disease
- Society
- Joseph
- Case
- Release
- Evidence
- Man
- Son
- Term
- Woman
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Wiktionary
LEVIRATE, adjective. Having to do with one's husband's brother.
LEVIRATE, noun. (countable) A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.
LEVIRATE, noun. (anthropology) The institution of levirate marriage.
LEVIRATE MARRIAGE, noun. A marriage in which a widow marries her late husband's brother in order to maintain the family community.
LEVIRATE MARRIAGES, noun. Plural of levirate marriage
Dictionary definition
LEVIRATE, noun. The biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line.
Wise words
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