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Noun Concept
Categories: Customs involving siblings, All articles lacking reliable references, Pages using sidebar with the child parameter, Sibling, Widow inheritance
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levirate  levirate marriage  Levirate law  levirite law  Levirite marriage
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The biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line WordNet 3.0
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The biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his brother's widow. Wikipedia
Marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his brother's widow Wikidata
A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir. Wiktionary
Marriage. Wiktionary (translation)
A marriage in which a widow marries her late husband's brother in order to maintain the family community. Wiktionary
IS A
institution
marriage
HAS KIND
yibbum
COUNTRY
Vietnam
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
PRESENT IN WORK
Genesis 28
Deuteronomy 25
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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levirate
Wikipedia
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levirate marriage
Wikidata
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levirate marriage
Wiktionary
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levirate, levirate marriage
Wikipedia Redirections
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levirate, Levirate law, Levirate Marriage, Levirite Law, Levirite marriage, wife inheritance
Wikidata Alias
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levirite law

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