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Webster 1913 Edition


Levitical

Le-vit′ic-al

(lē̍-vĭt′ĭ-kal)
,
Adj.
[L.
Leviticus
, Gr.
Λευιτικός
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites.
2.
Priestly.
“ Levitical questions.”
Milton.
3.
Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus.
Ayliffe.
Levitical degrees
,
degrees of relationship named in Leviticus, within which marriage is forbidden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Levitical

LEVIT'ICAL

, a.
1.
Belong to the Levites, or descendants of Levi; as the levitical law, the law given by Moses, which prescribed the duties and rights of the priests and Levites, and regulated the civil and religious concerns of the Jews.
2.
Priestly.