| 单词 | levirate |
| 释义 | levirate (once / 218877 pages) n WORD FAMILY levirate USAGE EXAMPLESThis story is chiefly of interest to us as it shows the continuation, even into the period of exile, of the Levirate marriage custom. Pollard, Edward Bagby, Oriental Women(2010) The levirate, or marriage with deceased husband's brother, seems to have had no place in Greek family law. Seebohm, Hugh E. (Hugh Exton), On The Structure of Greek Tribal So...(2010) There is absolutely no trace of a levirate system by which the nearest male kinsman must marry his deceased brother's widow. Garvan, John M., The Manóbos of Mindanáo—Memoirs of...(2010) n the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line Hyper institution a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society |
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