Levite

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See also: levite, lévite, lévité, levité, and Lévite

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Levītēs, Lēvīta, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευῑ́της (Leuī́tēs). By surface analysis, Levi +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈliː.vaɪt/
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  • Hyphenation: Le‧vite

Noun

Levite (plural Levites)

  1. A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, particularly in its role as a priestly caste.
  2. (obsolete, humorous) A clergyman.
  3. (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.

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Levite (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to Levi, the Levites, or their priestly role.

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