adjective
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of or relating to the Levites
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of or relating to the book of Leviticus containing moral precepts and many of the laws concerning the Temple ritual and construction
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Levitical
1525–35; < Late Latin Lēvitic ( us ) ( see Leviticus) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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For her second book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood, she spent a year following the Bible’s instructions for women literally, gamely camping out in her yard in obedience to Levitical instructions for menstruating women.
From Slate • May 4, 2019
Written prohibitions can be traced as far back as the Levitical Codes.
From Slate • Feb. 7, 2012
Of all priestly costumes16 the most interesting is undoubtedly that of the Jewish Levitical high-priest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
But the resemblance between the Babylonian and Hebrew rituals extends beyond the ceremonial of the temple of Solomon into the Levitical Law.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
What an exhibition we should have, in State Street, and the alleys, if this edict should be revived, against those, whose uncircumcision would avail them nothing, to disprove their Levitical propinquity.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
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