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levirate (n.)
[levirate 词源字典]
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).
[levirate etymology, levirate origin, 英语词源]