leviratical

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adjective

Of, relating to, or in accordance with levirate marriage.

OriginLatin levir ← Ancient Greek δᾱήρ →
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Meanings

adjectiveleviratical (comparative more leviratical, superlative most leviratical)

comparative more leviratical · superlative most leviratical · alternative leviratic

  1. Of, relating to, or in accordance with levirate marriage.

    The first-born son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother.

    1855, Henry Alford, The Greek Testament

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδᾱήρ
  2. Latinlevir“a husband's brother, brother-in-law”
  3. Englishleviratical

From levirate + -ical. From Latin levir (“a husband's brother, brother-in-law”), akin to Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr). Compare French lévirat (“leviration”).

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