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1. Levirate: Levirate, a custom, sometimes even a law, compelling a dead man’s brother to marry his widow. It seems to have been widespread in primitive times, and is common to-day. Of the origin and primitive purpose of the levirate ... [100%] 2022-09-02
2. Levirate Marriage: Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which a woman marries one of her husband's brothers after her husband's death. The term is a derivative of the Latin word levir, meaning "husband's brother." Levirate marriage has ... [70%] 2023-02-04
3. Levirate marriage: Levirate marriage is marriage with a brother's widow. Under Old Testament law, it was obligatory if brothers lived together and one of them died without issue, in which case the firstborn would legally be an heir of the deceased ... [70%] 2023-03-05 [Sociology] [Old Testament]...
4. Levirate Marriage (Hebr. "Yibbum"): This custom is found among a large number of primitive peoples, a list of which is given by Westermarck ("History of Human Marriage," pp. In some cases it is the duty of a man to marry his brother's widow ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
5. Levirate; Law: LEVIRATE; LAW lev'-i-rat. See MARRIAGE. lev'-i-rat. See MARRIAGE. [70%] 1915-01-01