單詞
levirate
英 ['li?v?r?t; 'lev-]
美['liv?r?t]
基本信息
- n. 寡婦與亡夫兄弟的結婚
英文詞源
- 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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