levirate

n. 寡妇与亡夫兄弟的结婚

发音

/ˈlɛvɪɹət/

词形变化

levirates 复数 levirates

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.

    可数
  2. 2.

    The institution of levirate marriage.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having to do with one's husband's brother.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

institution

相关短语

levirate marriage levirate marriages

词源

From Latin lēvir (“husband's brother, brother-in-law”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”).

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