HyperDic: levirate

English > 1 sense of the word levirate:
NOUNcognitionleviratethe biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line
English > levirate: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line.
BroaderinstitutionA custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society

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