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Levirate

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Noun

1. levirate

the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Levirate

see synonyms of levirate
noun
the practice, required by Old Testament law, of marrying the widow of one's brother

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Levirate

see synonyms of levirate
noun
a custom of the Jews in Biblical times by which a dead man's brother was obligated to marry the widow if there were no sons: Deut. 25:5-10

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Levirate

see synonyms of levirate
n.
The practice of marrying the widow of one's childless brother to maintain his line, as required by ancient Hebrew law.

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