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LEVIRATICAL
Etymology
Adjective
leviratical (comparative more leviratical, superlative most leviratical)
Of, relating to, or in accordance with levirate marriage.
The firstborn son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother.
Source: Wiktionary
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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