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yibbum

yibbum noun: levirate marriage.

Noun

yibbum (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) levirate marriage

Forms of yibbum

alternative formyibum

Origin of yibbum

Borrowed from Hebrew ייבום.

Questions about yibbum

What does yibbum mean?
Yibbum means levirate marriage.
What part of speech is yibbum?
Yibbum is a noun.

Words near yibbum in the dictionary

  1. Yi-hsing ware
  2. Yi-hsing wares
  3. Yiannitsa
  4. Yiannopoulos
  5. YiB
  6. yibbum
  7. Yibin
  8. Yibit
  9. yibum
  10. Yichang
  11. Yicheng

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