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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĕvˊĭ-rā′shŭn)

Noun.

Levirate marriage or marriages.

Kitto.

leviration ‎(uncountable)

levirate marriage
(Can we find and add a quotation of John Kitto to this entry?)
- 1993, Takhe Kani, The advancing Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh (page 111)
  Their custom also supports that if she has got male or female child she will remain in deceased husband's house till her life ends. The leviration of such widows by the deceased clan-member is not rare in the society.