Definition of levirate
English to English adjective - 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.
source: Webster 1913 noun - the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line
source: WordNet 3.0
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levirate, librate, liberate, liberated, liparite, leporidae, liberation, live birth, lapirot, leveret, lipread, lip-read, libretto, leporide, lovebird, lopeared, laportea, life-or-death, liparidae, lop-eared
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