ALL meanings of levirate
lev·i·rate
L l - noun levirate the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10. 1
- noun levirate Having to do with one's husband's brother. 1
- noun levirate the practice, required by Old Testament law, of marrying the widow of one's brother 0
- noun levirate a custom of the Jews in Biblical times by which a dead man's brother was obligated to marry the widow if there were no sons: Deut. 25:5-10 0
- noun levirate (Countable Noun) A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir. 0
- noun levirate (anthropology) The institution of levirate marriage. 0