Levitical

[ li-vit-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Levites.
2. of or relating to Leviticus or the law Leviticallaw contained in Leviticus.

Levitical

/ lɪˈvɪtɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Levites
2. of or relating to the book of Leviticus containing moral precepts and many of the laws concerning the Temple ritual and construction

Derived Forms

• Leˈvitically, adverb

Other Words From

• Le·viti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of Levitical¹

1525–35; < Late Latin Lēvitic ( us ) ( Leviticus ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

This variety of manner in the payment of vows, was suited to the circumstances of the Church under the Levitical institutes.

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Few mountaineers will eat the hare, or the pig, in that these come under Levitical prohibition.

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Under the Patriarchal, Levitical, and Christian dispensations, she is one.

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During this age Israel has no temple and all their Levitical ordinances can no longer be practised by them.

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Levitical peculiarities suggest the ubiquitous decad of the lost tribes of Israel.

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