英文字典中文字典Word104.com
|
|
levirate n. 寡婦與亡夫兄弟的結婚 寡婦與亡夫兄弟的結婚 levirate n 1: the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line Levirate \Lev"i*rate\ (l[e^]v"[i^]*r[asl]t), Leviratical
\Lev`i*rat"ic*al\ (-r[a^]t"[i^]*kal), a. [L. levir a husband's brother, brother-in-law; akin to Gr. dah`r: cf. F. l['e]virat leviration.] Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother. [1913 Webster] The firstborn son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother. --Alford. [1913 Webster]
請選擇你想看的字典辭典：
|
安裝中文字典英文字典查詢工具!
英文字典中文字典相關資料:
|
中文字典-英文字典 2005-2009
|中文姓名英譯,姓名翻譯 |简体中文英文字典