Levite

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin Levītēs, Lēvīta, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευῑ̈́της (Leuī̈́tēs). By surface analysis, Levi +‎ -ite. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈliː.vaɪt/ Hyphenation: Le‧vite === Noun === Levite (plural Levites) A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, particularly in its role as a priestly caste. (obsolete, humorous) A clergyman. (now historical) A type of loose dress. 1779, Horace Walpole, letter, 15 November: A habit-maker […] is gone stark in love with Lady Ossory, on fitting her with the new dress, I think they call it a Levite, and says he never saw so glorious a figure […] . 2003, Aileen Ribeiro, in Robyn Asleson, Notorious Muse, Yale UNiversity Press 2003, p. 109: Gainsborough shows her wearing a blue and white striped silk wrapping gown, known as a levite: a clever and subtle choice of costume, vaguely ‘oriental’ in mood, deriving its name from the theatre. ==== Synonyms ==== Aaronite, Aaronid (descendants of Aaron) ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Levite (not comparable) Of or related to Levi, the Levites, or their priestly role. ==== Synonyms ==== Aaronid, Aaronite === See also === Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel) (descendants of the patriarch Jacob, later renamed Israel): Asher (Asherite), Benjamin (Benjaminite), Dan (Danite), Gad (Gadite), Issachar (Issacharite), Joseph (Josephite: Ephraim (Ephraimite), Manasseh (Manassite)), Judah (Judahite), Levi (Levite), Naphtali (Naphtalite), Reuben (Reubenite), Simeon (Simeonite), Zebulun (Zebulunite) Israel Israeli Israelite Israelitic Israelitish Jew Jewish Judah Judean === Anagrams === velite