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Levites

Levites is the plural of Levite.

Meaning of Levite

Noun

Levite (plural Levites)

  1. A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, particularly in its role as a priestly caste.
    • And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 17:7
  2. (humorous, obsolete) A clergyman.
  3. (historical) A type of loose dress.
    • A habit-maker […] is gone stark in love with Lady Ossory, on fitting her with the new dress, I think they call it a Levite, and says he never saw so glorious a figure […] .1779, Horace Walpole, letter, 15 November

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Questions about Levites

What is Levites the plural of?
Levites is the plural of Levite.

Words near Levites in the dictionary

  1. levitative
  2. levitator
  3. levitators
  4. Levite
  5. leviteracetam
  6. Levites
  7. Levitic
  8. levitical
  9. Levitical degree
  10. Levitical degrees
  11. Leviticalism

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