Usually means: Marriage to deceased brother's wife.
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▸ noun:  A marriage in which a widow marries her late husband's brother in order to maintain the family community.

Similar:
levirate, leviration, widow inheritance, sororate marriage, sororate, levir, widow-hunter, lavender marriage, viduage, avunculocality, more...

Opposite:
sororate marriage, ghost marriage, endogamy

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Similar:
levirate, leviration, widow inheritance, sororate marriage, sororate, levir, widow-hunter, lavender marriage, viduage, avunculocality, more...

Opposite:
sororate marriage, ghost marriage, endogamy



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