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Word: levirate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Having to do with one's husband's brother.

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Noun:

  • anthropology The institution of levirate marriage.
  • countable A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.

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