noun
- plural of sororate; customs or practices in which a man marries his deceased wife’s sister
Usage: anthropological term
Examples
- The anthropologist studied various sororates practiced in different cultures.
- Some traditional societies maintain sororates as part of their kinship systems.
- The research compared sororates across several indigenous communities.
- Historical records document sororates in ancient civilizations.
- Modern legal systems rarely recognize sororates as valid marriage customs.