levirates

Meaning of levirates

plural noun
  1. a custom of the ancient Hebrews and some other peoples by which a man may be obliged to marry his brother's widow.
    levirate marriages

early 18th century: from Latin levir ‘brother-in-law’ + -ate1.

Information about levirates

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of levirates is: levirate.
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Hyphenation of levirates

levi-rates

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • levirates is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of levirates

relatives, versatile

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