Levite

[ lee-vahyt ]

noun

a member of the tribe of Levi.
a descendant of Levi, especially one appointed to assist the priests in the temple or tabernacle.

Origin of Levite

1250–1300; Middle English <Late Latin Levīta<Greek Leuī́tēs Levite, equivalent to Leuī́ (<Hebrew Lēvī Levi, Levite) + -tēs personal noun suffix

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How to use Levite in a sentence

Again, we find nowhere any orders to the priests or Levites to go about the country expounding or teaching the law.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas Inman
The burden-bearing of the Levites was not to last for ever: once in the Promised Land that service ceased.
Separation and Service | James Hudson Taylor
The estate of the Levites comes next; the measurement is given, and that they shall have for possession twenty chambers.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. Gaebelein
The reformatory kinds of socialism are so many priests and Levites who pass by on the other side.
Communism and Christianism | William Montgomery Brown
In this year of Jubilee all land, and village houses, and the houses of the Levites were to revert to their original owners.
The Astronomy of the Bible | E. Walter Maunder

British Dictionary definitions for Levite

Levite

/ (ˈliːvaɪt) /

noun

Old Testament a member of the priestly tribe of Levi
Judaism another word for Levi 2

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