levirate
英 ['liːvɪrət; 'lev-]
美['livɪrɪt]
- n. 寡妇与亡夫兄弟的结婚
英文词源
- levirate (n.)
- custom by which the male next-of-kin of a dead man was bound to marry his widow, 1725, from Latin levir "brother-in-law" (from PIE *daiwer- "husband's brother") + -ate (2).