levirate

levirate

['li:virit]

n. 寡妇与亡夫兄弟的结婚

例句与用法:

"Everything we do on the site is proper and lawful, " said Levin, noting that the yard, ... is under constant scrutiny. "It's in a fishbowl, " he said.

"我们在场地上做的一切都合情合法,"莱文说,并指出 ... 场地经常受到检查。他说,"场地上一切都是一目了然。"

I went back to Alexandria several months ago. I stopped in front of your old house on Levin Street.

几个月以前我回了一趟亚里山大。我在莱文街你的故居前,停了一会儿。



词形变化:

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n.

(古代希伯来法律规定的)无子的寡妇应与亡夫的兄弟结婚的叔娶寡嫂制


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