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leviticuses

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Le⋅vit⋅i⋅cus

  [li-vit-i-kuhs]
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–noun
the third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance. Abbreviation: Lev.
Origin:
< LL Lēviticus (liber) Levitical (book) < Gk Leuītikós. See Levite, -ic
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Leviticus 
third book of the Pentateuch, c.1400, from L.L. Leviticus (liber), lit. "book of the Levites," from Gk. to Leuitikon biblion, properly the part of the Pentateuch dealing with the function of the priests who were of the tribe of Levi (a portion of the tribe acted as assistants to the priests in the temple-worship). The Heb. title is Torath Kohanim, lit. "the law of the priests."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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