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leviratical

leviratical adjective: of, relating to, or in accordance with levirate marriage.

Adjective

leviratical (comparative more leviratical, superlative most leviratical)

  1. Of, relating to, or in accordance with levirate marriage.
    • The first-born son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother.1855, Henry Alford, The Greek Testament

Forms of leviratical

comparativemore leviratical
superlativemost leviratical
alternative formleviratic

Origin of leviratical

From levirate + -ical. From Latin levir (“a husband's brother, brother-in-law”), akin to Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr). Compare French lévirat (“leviration”).

Questions about leviratical

What does leviratical mean?
Leviratical means of, relating to, or in accordance with levirate marriage.
What part of speech is leviratical?
Leviratical is an adjective.

Words near leviratical in the dictionary

  1. levirate
  2. levirate marriage
  3. levirate marriages
  4. levirates
  5. leviratic
  6. leviratical
  7. leviration
  8. Levirgian
  9. levirs
  10. Levis
  11. Levisham

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