levirate – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
levirate
n.
custom which required that a man marry his brother's widow if the deceased died childless (Biblical)
Levirate marriage
Levirate marriage is a
type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his brother's widow, and the widow is obliged to marry her deceased husband's brother.
levirate
Noun
1. the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line
(hypernym) institution
levirato
adj.
leviratical, (Biblical) pertaining to levirate (custom which required that a man marry his brother's widow if the deceased died childless)
Levirate
(a.)
Alt. of Leviratical
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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