levir
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A husband's brother.
Example Sentences
- "The tie between the childless widow and the levir exists automatically from the moment of widowhood. Thus a sexual relationship with anyone other than the levir would be adulterous, an offense punishable by the death penalty, according to Lev. 20:10 and Deut. 22:22."
- "Levirate marriage protects a levir's sexual property and a dead man's entitlement. The former, however, serves the latter."
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin lēvir.