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Showing words for LEVIRATE using the English dictionary
8 Letter Words for Levirate
levirate, relative
7 Letter Words for Levirate
atelier, elative, evirate, leavier, leviter, realive, realtie, tiralee, vealier, viertel, vitreal
6 Letter Words for Levirate
aliter, alvite, averil, earlet, elater, eviler, lative, laveer, leaver, levier, levite, liever, lirate, relate, releva, relive, retail, retial, retile, reveal, reveil, revile, tailer, taiver, travel, vairee, valete, varlet, vealer, veiler, velate, veleta, verite
5 Letter Words for Levirate
aerie, aiver, alert, aleve, aliet, alite, alive, alter, areel, arete, ariel, arite, artel, arvel, atlee, avert, avile, eater, eaver, elate, elite, elver, elvet, ervil, evert, evite, irate, laeti, laree, larve, later, laver, leare, leave, leear, lever, levet, levir, liart, lieve, liter, litra, liver, livre, raile, ratel, ravel, reate, reave, reive, relet, relie, retal, retia, retie, revel, revet, revie, rieve, rival, rivel, rivet, taler, tarie, tarve, taver, teave, telar, telia, terai, tiler, tirve, tiver, trail, trave, trial, vaire, valet, veale, velar, velte, veter, viler, viral, vitae, vital, vitra
4 Letter Words for Levirate
aiel, aile, aire, airt, aivr, alee, aret, aril, arle, arte, atle, atli, aver, avie, eale, earl, eave, eila, eira, eire, elev, elve, eral, erat, eria, erie, eval, ever, evet, evil, iare, ilea, ital, itel, iter, laer, laet, lair, lait, lare, lari, late, lati, lave, lear, leat, leer, leet, leir, lere, lete, leva, leve, levi, liar, lier, lira, lire, lite, live, rail, rait, rale, rate, rave, real, reel, reet, reit, rete, reve, rial, riel, rile, rita, rite, riva, rive, tael, tail, tale, tali, tare, tari, tave, teal, tear, teel, teer, teil, tela, tele, teli, tera, tiar, tier, tile, tire, tirl, trav, tree, trie, vail, vair, vale, vali, vare, vari, veal, veer, veil, vela, vele, vera, veri, vert, veta, vial, vier, vila, vile, virl, vita, vite, vlei, vril
3 Letter Words for Levirate
aer, ail, air, ait, ale, alt, are, art, ate, ave, ear, eat, eel, eer, eir, ela, eli, elt, era, ere, ert, eta, eve, ile, ira, ire, ita, iva, ive, lai, lar, lat, lav, lea, lee, lei, ler, let, lev, lie, lir, lit, ltr, rai, rat, rea, ree, rei, rel, rev, ria, rie, rit, riv, rle, rte, rti, tai, tal, tar, tav, tea, tee, tel, ter, tie, til, tlr, tra, tri, vae, val, var, vat, vee, vei, vel, ver, vet, via, vie, vil
Definitions for Levirate
[1] the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
[2] the practice, required by Old Testament law, of marrying the widow of one's brother
Words nearby Levirate
levier, levigate, levin, levin tube, levine, levirate, levitate, levitation, levite, leviter, levitical
Origin of Levirate
1715–25; < Latin lēvir husband's brother (akin to Greek dāḗr, Sanskrit devar, Old English tācor ) + -ate3
Other words from Levirate
lev·i·rat·ic [lev-uh -rat -ik, lee-vuh -] /ˌlɛv əˈræt ɪk, ˌli və-/ , lev·i·rat·i·cal , adjective
Word origin for Levirate
C18: from Latin lēvir a husband's brother