levirate

As nouns the difference between levirate and endogamy

is that levirate is a marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir while endogamy is the practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one’s own ethnic, religious, or social group.

As an adjective levirate

is having to do with one's husband's brother.

As an adjective levirate is

having to do with one's husband's brother.

As a noun levirate is

(countable) a marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.

As an adjective levirate

is having to do with one's husband's brother.

As a noun levirate

is (countable) a marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.

As a verb evirate is

to castrate.

As a verb levitate

is to cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

As an adjective levirate is

having to do with one's husband's brother.

As a noun levirate is

(countable) a marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.

As adjectives the difference between levigate and levirate

is that levigate is smooth while levirate is having to do with one's husband's brother.

As a verb levigate

is to make smooth or polish.

As a noun levirate is

(countable) a marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir.

Sororate is a coordinate term of levirate.

As nouns the difference between levirate and sororate

is that levirate is a marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir while sororate is the custom of the marriage of a man to the sister of his wife, usually after the wife has died.

As an adjective levirate

is having to do with one's husband's brother.