The custom among the Jews and some other nations, by which the brother or next of kin to a deceased man was bound under certain circumstances to…
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释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > [noun] > levirate or sororate (3) levirate1725 The custom among the Jews and some other nations, by which the brother or next of kin to a deceased man was bound under certain circumstances to… leviration1815 leviratical marriage. sororate1910 In some kinship systems a custom whereby, on the death of his wife, a man is expected to marry her (unmarried) sister; also occasionally = sororal pol… |
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