And it is, he says, impossible not to believe that the Levirate—that is, the practice of marrying a dead brother's widow—is derived from polyandry.
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Levirate
//ˈlɛvɪɹət//
Synonyms for "levirate" (5 found)
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10 translations across 6 languages.
Czech
1 entries- levirát noun (marriage)
Finnish
4 entries- lankous adj (having to do with husband's brother)
- lankousavioliitto noun (marriage)
- leviraatti noun (marriage)
- leviraatti noun (institution)
French
1 entries- lévirat noun (marriage)
Polish
1 entries- lewirat noun (marriage)
Portuguese
1 entries- levirato noun (institution)
Swedish
2 entries- levirat noun (marriage)
- levirat noun (institution)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
It is only a secondary purpose of the levirate that the property of the deceased passes on to the one who is heir to his name, and is probably a later accretion.
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The levirate is found in patrilineal societies in which the bride marries into her husband's family while essentially severing her ties with her original family.
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