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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