Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
| Käännös | Konteksti | |
|---|---|---|
| Substantiivit | ||
| 1. | levirat {ett} | antropologia |
Määritelmät
Adjektiivit
Substantiivit
- (countable) A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.
- (anthropology) The institution of levirate marriage.
Esimerkit
- 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.
- It is only a secondary purpose of the levirate that the property of the deceased passes on to the one who is heir to his name, and is probably a later accretion.
- The levirate is found in patrilineal societies in which the bride marries into her husband's family while essentially severing her ties with her original family.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | levirates |