levirate的意思

levirate

英式音标['livɪrɪt]
美式英标['liːvɪrət; 'lev-]

基本解释

n. 寡妇与亡夫兄弟的结婚

英文词源

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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