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1. The marriages that take place when men have two or more sisters as wives after the first wives have been found to be barren or after their deaths.
2. Marriage to a deceased wife's sister: "Some societies have sororate as a custom when a widower marries a younger sister of his deceased wife."
2. Marriage to a deceased wife's sister: "Some societies have sororate as a custom when a widower marries a younger sister of his deceased wife."
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soror-, sorori-, soro- +
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