Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the descendants of Levi.
- adjective Of or relating to Leviticus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or peculiar to the Levites.
- Of, pertaining to, or contained in the book of Leviticus: as, the Levitical law.
- Priestly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites.
- adjective Priestly.
- adjective Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus.
- adjective degrees of relationship named in Leviticus, within which marriage is forbidden.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the book of Leviticus in the Bible
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Examples
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Some states have forbidden marriages which come within what is called the Levitical degrees; but these degrees have received different interpretations.
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"The priests and Levites," should rather be "the priests -- the Levites"; that is, the Levitical priests, including the high priest, who were members of the legislative assembly; and who, as forming one body, are called
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"The thing that struck us in doing the Levitical month was the simple power of obedience," Harrell said in a recent interview.
Cathleen Falsani: Living Leviticus: Who Could Do It? Who Would Want To? Cathleen Falsani 2011
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And 3 even if these regulations were normative for Israelites, do they continue to be for Christians given how many other Levitical codes are contradicted later in the New Testament or have historically been ignored by Christians.
David Lose: What Does The Bible Really Say About Homosexuality? David Lose 2011
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If you are going to quote the Bible, do so in context, and study the history of ancient Israel before you go hob-knobbing about Levitical Law - the laws were given for a specific reason that had many different implications then than they do now.
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The stories of their Levitical adventure are also far more entertaining and enlightening than most readers will expect.
Cathleen Falsani: Living Leviticus: Who Could Do It? Who Would Want To? Cathleen Falsani 2011
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And 3 even if these regulations were normative for Israelites, do they continue to be for Christians given how many other Levitical codes are contradicted later in the New Testament or have historically been ignored by Christians.
David Lose: What Does The Bible Really Say About Homosexuality? David Lose 2011
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"The thing that struck us in doing the Levitical month was the simple power of obedience," Harrell said in a recent interview.
Cathleen Falsani: Living Leviticus: Who Could Do It? Who Would Want To? Cathleen Falsani 2011
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The American distinction between first and second degree murder (not present in English law) is a post-Revolution attempt to bring our laws into conformance with Levitical code.
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The stories of their Levitical adventure are also far more entertaining and enlightening than most readers will expect.
Cathleen Falsani: Living Leviticus: Who Could Do It? Who Would Want To? Cathleen Falsani 2011
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