levirate

英 ['liːvɪrət; 'lev-]美 ['livɪrɪt]

n. 寡妇与亡夫兄弟的结婚

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levirate (n.)

custom by which the male next-of-kin of a dead man was bound to marry his widow, 1725, from Latin levir "brother-in-law" (from PIE *daiwer- "husband's brother") + -ate (2).

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