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单词 sororate
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sororate

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so·ror·ate

S0571000 (sə-rôr′ĭt)n. The custom of marriage of a man to his wife's sister or sisters, usually after the wife has died or is unable to conceive a child.
[From Latin soror, sister; see sororal.]

sororate

(ˈsɒrəˌreɪt) n (Anthropology & Ethnology) the custom in some societies of a widower marrying his deceased wife's younger sister[C20: from Latin soror a sister]

so•ror•ate

(ˈsɔr əˌreɪt, ˈsoʊr-)

n. marriage with a wife's sister, as following the wife's death. [1905–10; < Latin soror sister]

sororate

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sororate:

see marriagemarriage,
socially sanctioned union that reproduces the family. In all societies the choice of partners is generally guided by rules of exogamy (the obligation to marry outside a group); some societies also have rules of endogamy (the obligation to marry within a group).
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Sororate

 

a custom that evolved later than sororal polygyny, whereby a widower marries his deceased wife’s sister. Sororate has long existed in class societies.

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