English Dictionary

Levite

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈliː.vaɪt/

名詞

ユーモラス文体 廃用 歴史的

A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. / (obsolete, humorous) A clergyman. / (now historical) A type of loose women's dress.

日本語の意味

レビ族（レウィ族）の一員。 / （古風またはユーモラスな用法で）聖職者。 / （現代では歴史的な意味として）ゆったりとした女性用のドレス。

The Levite carefully carried the sacred scrolls through the crowded marketplace, mindful of his ancestral duties.

レビ族の一員は先祖の務めを胸に、混雑した市場の中で聖なる巻物を慎重に運んだ。

意味（1）

A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi.

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

意味（2）

(obsolete, humorous) A clergyman.

意味（3）

(now historical) A type of loose women's dress.

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 […] .

Levites （ plural ）