sororate

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The custom of the marriage of a man to the sister of his wife, usually after the wife has died. countable,uncountable
    — The sororate was operative during the feudal period, at least among the feudal lords.
  2. A marriage according to this custom. countable,uncountable
    — Sororates had a similar effect of providing for the survivors of a deceased.

词形变化

sororates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
sororate marriage
相关词
polygyny
并列词
levirate

词源

Etymology tree
Latin soror
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English sororate
From Latin soror (“sister”) + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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