Levitical

American  

[li-vit-i-kuhl] / lɪˈvɪt ɪ kəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Levites.

2. of or relating to Leviticus or the law Leviticallaw contained in Leviticus.

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Levitical British  

/ lɪˈvɪtɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Levites

2. of or relating to the book of Leviticus containing moral precepts and many of the laws concerning the Temple ritual and construction

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Other Word Forms

• Levitically adverb

Etymology

Origin of Levitical

1525–35; < Late Latin Lēvitic ( us ) ( Leviticus ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

At that point, the moderator interjected: “Levitical or New Testament?”

From Washington Post

Various Egyptian practices and themes appear in Levitical sources of the Bible — and none appear in the non-Levitical sources.

From New York Times

These codes may not be Levitical but they are indeed legalistic: laws about privilege, sexual autonomy, “trigger warnings,” and much, much more.

From Time

But his mother brings him to the Lord long before the Levitical age, and leaves him at Shiloh, bound over to a lifelong service.

From Project Gutenberg

The law of Christian sonship, manifest only in shadow in the Levitical sanctity, is now pronounced by Jesus: “You shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

From Project Gutenberg