[a. late L. Levīticus adj. (sc. liber book): see LEVITIC.] The name of the third book of the Pentateuch, which contains details of the Levitical law and ritual.
c. 1400. Wyclif, Lev., Prol. Here begynneth the bok of Leuiticus.
1579. Fulke, Heskins’ Parl., 8. In Exodus and Leuiticus … are many thinges … very easie and plaine.
1649. Roberts, Clavis Bibl. (ed. 2), 45. Leviticus, so denominated by the Greek, from the chief subject or matter of the Book.
1891. Cheyne, Psalter, VII. 357. The ceremonialism of Leviticus.
