levirate
Meaning of levirate
- A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.
- The institution of levirate marriage.
adjective
Having to do with one's husband's brother.
Information about levirate
- The plural form of levirate is: levirates.
- Languages in which levirate is used:
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Hyphenation of levirate
levi-rate
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- levirate is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of levirate
Words that rhyme with levirate
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