Levite

levite lévite lévité levité Lévite English Etymology Borrowed from en la-lat Levītēs, la Lēvīta, itself borrowed from en grc Λευῑ̈́της. en Levi -ite. Pronunciation en /ˈliː.vaɪt/ UK,US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Levite.wav US en Le vite Noun A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, particularly in its role as a priestly caste. Judges 17 7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. en obsolete jocular A clergyman. en now historical A type of loose dress. 1779, Horace Walpole, letter, 15 November: A habit-maker is gone stark in love with Lady Ossory, on fitting her with the new dress, I think they call it a Levite, and says he never saw so glorious a figure . 2003, Aileen Ribeiro, in Robyn Asleson, Notorious Muse, Yale UNiversity Press 2003, p. 109: Gainsborough shows her wearing a blue and white striped silk wrapping gown, known as a levite: a clever and subtle choice of costume, vaguely ‘oriental’ in mood, deriving its name from the theatre. Synonyms en Aaronite, en Aaronid descendants of Aaron Related terms en Levitic Levitical Levitican Leviticus Translations member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi Catalan: ca levita m f Cherokee: chr ᎠᎵᏫ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 利未人 lei6 mei6 jan4 Mandarin: cmn 利未人 Lìwèirén Estonian: et leviit French: fr lévite m German: de Levit m, de Levitin f Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Λευΐτης m Hebrew: he לוי m Levi Italian: it levita m Latin: la Lēvītēs m, la Lēvīta m Polish: pl lewita m, pl Aaronita m Portuguese: pt aaronita m f, pt levita m f Spanish: es levita m f Swahili: sw Mlawi Swedish: sv levit c Adjective - Of or related to Levi, the Levites, or their priestly role. en Levitic Levitical Synonyms en Aaronid, en Aaronite Translations of or relating to the Levites Levitical See also en Abraham, en Isaac, and en Jacob (en Israel) descendants of the patriarch Jacob, later renamed Israel: en Asher (en Asherite), en Benjamin (en Benjaminite), en Dan (en Danite), en Gad (en Gadite), en Issachar (en Issacharite), en Joseph (en Josephite: en Ephraim (en Ephraimite), en Manasseh (en Manassite)), en Judah (en Judahite), en Levi (en Levite), en Naphtali (en Naphtalite), en Reuben (en Reubenite), en Simeon (en Simeonite), en Zebulun (en Zebulunite) en Israel en Israeli en Israelite en Israelitic en Israelitish en Jew en Jewish en Judah en Judean Anagrams en eeiltv velite en eponyms en People Bible Judaism Religious occupations