levirate marriage
levirate marriage noun: a marriage in which a widow marries her late husband's brother in order to maintain the family community.
Noun
levirate marriage (countable and uncountable, plural levirate marriages)
- A marriage in which a widow marries her late husband's brother in order to maintain the family community.
- Levirate marriage protects a levir's sexual property and a dead man's entitlement. The former, however, serves the latter.2008, Deborah L. Ellens, Women in the Sex Texts of Leviticus and Deuteronomy: A Comparative Conceptual Analysis, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 261
levirate marriage meaning in Tamil
levirate marriage in Tamil
- விதவை மண வழக்காறு
Forms of levirate marriage
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Origin of levirate marriage
From levirate + marriage, from Late Latin lēvir (“husband's brother”).
Questions about levirate marriage
- What does levirate marriage mean?
- Levirate marriage means a marriage in which a widow marries her late husband's brother in order to maintain the family community.
- What is levirate marriage in Tamil?
- Levirate marriage in Tamil is விதவை மண வழக்காறு. See Levirate marriage meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is levirate marriage?
- Levirate marriage is a noun.
- What is the plural of levirate marriage?
- The plural of levirate marriage is levirate marriages.
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