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Definition of: levirate
(lev′ə·rāt, lē′və·rit) noun
The ancient custom of marriage between a man and the widow of his brother, required by the Mosaic law when there was no male issue and when the two brothers had been residing on the same family estate. [<L levir a husband's brother + -ATE1]
—lev′i·rat′i·cal (-rat′i·kəl) adjective
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