Levite noun. ['li:vʌɪt] ME.
[Christian Latin levita, levites, from Greek levitēs, from Levi, from Hebrew lēwī Levi: see -ITE¹.]
1. A member of the ancient Hebrew tribe of Levi, esp. of that part of it which provided assistants to the priests in worship in the temple. ME.

2. A deacon. LME-E17.

3. A member of the clergy; a domestic chaplain. Usu. derog. M17-M19.

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