Hyphenation of levirate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word levirate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

levi-rate

Definitions of levirate:

1.	The biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line

Synonyms of levirate:

noun	institution

Last hyphenations of this language

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