The levirate is a marriage custom in which:

a. a widow marries the brother or another close relative of her dead husband.
b. a widower marries the sister or another close relative of his dead wife.
c. a person marries a cross cousin.
d. a person marries a parallel cousin.
e. the groom must marry his sister.


a

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