Levite

Borrowed from Late Latin Levītēs, Lēvīta, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Λευῑ́της (Leuī́tēs). Synchronically as if Levi +‎ -ite.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.vaɪt/

Levite (plural Levites)

1. A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Judges 17:7:

     And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

• velite