levirate

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir. countable
  2. The institution of levirate marriage.
    — 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.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having to do with one's husband's brother. not-comparable

词形变化

levirates plural

词源

词源 1
From Latin lēvir (“husband's brother, brother-in-law”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”).
词源 2
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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