Word: levirates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: le
vir
ates
Definition: Plural of levirate; the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line
Morphemes:
Affix: levirate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The institution of levirate marriage.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: lēvir
Language: la
Decoded: levir
Meaning: husbands brother, brother-in-law
Affix: -ate
Language: en
Decoded: -ate
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: characterized by the specified thing
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.