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
For to suppose it to have been the Father, is to suppose that in the Levitical services there was in the minds of the worshippers no recognition of the Mediator.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
The Levitical Laws contain many enactments of a sanitary character, they are one of the oldest known sanitary codes, and have many wise and necessary provisions for the health of the people.
From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various
To him the ministerial offices and typical services of the Levitical priesthood had immediate reference.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
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