LEVIRATES

Noun

levirates

plural of levirate

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Source: Wiktionary


LEVIRATE

Lev"i*rate, Lev`i*rat"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. levir a husband's brother, brother-in-law; akin to Gr. lévirat leviration.]

Definition: Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother. The firstborn son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother. Alford.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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