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by tanstaafl2 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:26 am
3. Sororate is the custom of a man marrying whom?
tanstaafl2 wrote:
Would like to think I have a decent vocabulary but apparently not as you have got me with that one. How about a sorority sister...
andrewjackson wrote:
His wife's sister or sisters in general. I did not accept "his sister" or "sister" with something in the answer specifying that it was not the man's own sister. Levirate is the equivalent custom of marrying brothers.
Hmm, closer with my "joke" answer than I thought...

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