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levirate
[ lev-er-it, -uh-reyt, lee-ver-it, -vuh-reyt ]
noun
- a marriage custom in which a man marries his brother's widow.
levirate
/ ˌlɛvɪˈrætɪk; ˈlɛvɪrɪt /
noun
- the practice, required by Old Testament law, of marrying the widow of one's brother
Derived Forms
- leviratic, adjective
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- ±ô±ð±¹Â·¾±Â·°ù²¹³Ù·¾±³¦ [lev-, uh, -, rat, -ik, lee-v, uh, -], ±ô±ð±¹î€…i·°ù²¹³Ùi·³¦²¹±ô adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of levirate1
Example Sentences
Several independent cases show that these communities practised so-called levirate unions.
The DNA also revealed polygamy and “levirate unions,†in which closely related males—brothers, or a father and son—had children with the same woman.
The new regulations prohibited people from marrying their first and second cousins and banned the practice of levirate marriage, in which a widow must marry her dead husband’s brother.
Without resort to that tribunal, the religionist could not discriminate between the sanction of the sixth commandment and the law of the levirate, which he has cancelled.
But this exists in Manu, side by side with the above-mentioned custom of levirate proper.
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