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Meaning of 'leviratical' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Leviratical [ a.]
- 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.

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