Levirate
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Name (Hebrew)
יבום
Name (Latin)
Levirate
Other forms of name
Levirate marriage
Yibbum
Yibum
ייבום
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Marriage (Hindu law)
Marriage (Jewish law)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q641845
Library of congress:
sh 85076332
Wikipedia description:
Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his widowed sister-in-law. Levirate marriage has been practiced by societies with a strong clan structure in which exogamous marriage (i.e. marriage outside the clan) is forbidden.
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