LEVIRATE


Meaning of LEVIRATE in English

[le.vi.rate] n [L levir husband's brother; akin to OE tacor husband's brother, Gk daer] (1725): the sometimes compulsory marriage of a widow to a brother of her deceased husband -- le.vi.rat.ic adj

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