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| Le·vite [ l vt ] (plural Le·vites) |
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member of priestly Hebrew tribe: a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, chosen to assist the priests of the Jewish Temple. The Levites were descended from Jacob's son Levi and constituted one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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| [14th century. < ecclesiastical Latin levita< Greek levitēs, after Levi "Levi"] |
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