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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly:
What is meant by sororate?
उत्तर
Sororate is a form of marriage in which a man can marry the younger sister of his deceased wife. This type of marriage is mostly found to prevail amongst those tribes where there is an incidence of high bride price.
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