leviration en · NOUN
Etymology
From levirate + -ion?
Meanings
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(uncountable) levirate marriage
Their custom also supports that if she has got male or female child she will remain in deceased husband's house till her life ends. The leviration of such widows by the deceased clan-member is not rare in the society.
1993, Takhe Kani, The advancing Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh, page 111: