forbidden degrees — The degrees of blood relationship within which marriage is not allowed • • • Main Entry: ↑degree forbidden degrees see under ↑degree • • • Main Entry: ↑forbid … Useful english dictionary
the forbidden degrees — ► the forbidden degrees the number of steps of descent from the same ancestor that bar two related people from marrying. Main Entry: ↑forbid … English terms dictionary
the forbidden degrees — the number of steps of descent from the same ancestor that bar two related people from marrying. → forbid … English new terms dictionary
the forbidden degrees — the number of steps of descent from the same ancestor that bar two related people from marrying … Useful english dictionary
Forbidden City — Gugong redirects here. For other uses, see Gugong (disambiguation). Palace Museum redirects here. For the historical building in Stone Town, Zanzibar, see Palace Museum, Zanzibar. For other uses, see Forbidden City (disambiguation). Coordinates:… … Wikipedia
forbidden degree — noun : a degree of consanguinity or affinity within which marriage is forbidden called also prohibited degree; compare levitical degrees … Useful english dictionary
the prohibited degrees — another term for the forbidden degrees (see forbid). → prohibit … English new terms dictionary
levitical degrees — noun plural Usage: usually capitalized L : the degrees of kinship within which marriage is forbidden in Leviticus 18 * * * Levitical degrees plural noun The degrees of kindred within which marriage was forbidden in Leviticus 18.6–18 • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
Levitical degrees — Levitical Le*vit ic*al (l[ e]*v[i^]t [i^]*kal), a. [L. Leviticus, Gr. Leyitiko s.] 1. Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites. [1913 Webster] 2. Priestly. Levitical questions. Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Of or pertaining to, or designating, the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prohibited degrees — Those degrees of relationship by consanguinity which are so close that marriage between persons related to each other in any of such degrees is forbidden by law; e.g. brother and sister … Black's law dictionary
