léviration

léviration
(entrée créée par le supplément)
(lé-vi-ra-sion) s. f.
Synonyme de lévirat.
•   La léviration est la coutume qui oblige le frère ou un autre parent d'un homme mort sans enfants, de susciter un fils à la veuve du défunt pour continuer sa famille [d'après la loi de Manou], A. OTT l'Inde et la Chine, p. 68.
   Voy. léviger.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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