レビレート婚こん

noun

levirate marriage

Anthropological term for the custom where a man marries his deceased brother's widow.

• レビレート婚こんは、古こ代だい社しゃ会かいで見みられた慣かん習しゅうの一ひとつだ。

  Levirate marriage is one of the customs seen in ancient societies.