LEVITICAL DEGREES
\lɛvˈɪtɪkə͡l dɪɡɹˈiːz], \lɛvˈɪtɪkəl dɪɡɹˈiːz], \l_ɛ_v_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_k_əl d_ɪ_ɡ_ɹ_ˈiː_z]\
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Degrees of kindred within which persons are prohibited to marry. They are set forth in the eighteenth chapter of Leviticus. LEVY v. To raise ; execute; exact; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (raise or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,
By Henry Campbell Black
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