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Complete Definition of "primogeniture"

English
Etymology
Late Latin primogenitura, from Latin primus + genitura birth, from genitus, past participle of gignere

Noun
primogeniture

  1. the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents
  2. an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son

#: In the Bible, Jacob envied Esau's primogeniture.
Translations
Italian: maggiorasco m

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