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leviticus

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leviticus \Le*vit"i*cus\ (-[i^]*k[u^]s), n. [See Levitical .] The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
third book of the Pentateuch, c.1400, from Late Latin Leviticus (liber) , literally "book of the Levites," from Greek to Leuitikon biblion , from Leuites , from Hebrew Lewi . Properly the part of the Pentateuch dealing with the function of the priests who ...