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or have you forgotten the levirate law ?Oder habt ihr das Levirat vergessen? The Story of Ruth (1960)
Oh, Ruth.I should have remembered the levirate law... before we ever reached the banks of the Jordan.Ruth, ich hätte mich an das Levirat erinnern sollen... noch bevor wir die Ufer des Jordans erreichten. The Story of Ruth (1960)
But the levirate law.Aber das Levirat. The Story of Ruth (1960)

WordNet (3.0)
levirate(n) the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Levir

n. [ L. ] A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leviratical

{ } a. [ L. levir a husband's brother, brother-in-law; akin to Gr. dah`r: cf. F. lévirat leviration. ] Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother. [ 1913 Webster ]

The firstborn son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother. Alford. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Levirate
Leviration

n. Levirate marriage or marriages. Kitto. [ 1913 Webster ]

Levirostres

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. levis light + rostrum beak. ] (Zool.) A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
レビレート[rebire-to] (n) levirate [Add to Longdo]
レビレート婚[レビレートこん, rebire-to kon] (n) levirate marriage [Add to Longdo]
逆縁婚[ぎゃくえんこん, gyakuenkon] (n) (obsc) (See レビレート婚) levirate marriage [Add to Longdo]

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