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primogenitureship en · NOUN

Etymology

From primogeniture + -ship.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The right of the first-born child (especially a son) to inherit property or titles; primogeniture.
    • [A]ll the younger branches of those families were disinherited, and the law of primogenitureship set up. 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: