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- English Word Levir Definition A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.
- English Word Levirate Definition Alt. of Leviratical
- English Word Leviratical Definition 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.
- English Word Leviration Definition Levirate marriage or marriages.
- English Word Levirostres Definition A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms.
- English Word Levitate Definition To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.
- English Word Levitate Definition To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table.
- English Word Levitation Definition Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
- English Word Levitation Definition The act or process of making buoyant.
- English Word Levite Definition One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc.
- English Word Levite Definition A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.
- English Word Levitical Definition Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites.
- English Word Levitical Definition Priestly.
- English Word Levitical Definition Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus.
- English Word Levitically Definition After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical law.
- English Word Leviticus Definition The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.
- English Word Levity Definition The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity.
- English Word Levity Definition Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.
- English Word Levity Definition Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.
- English Word Levo- Definition A prefix from L. laevus