Dictionary entry

Levitical

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Le‐vit″ic‐al (lē̍‐vĭt″ĭ‐kal), a. [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.