primogeniture
noun
the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
primogenitureship
-
a word derived from
primogeniture.
Example Sentences
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A national struggle for indivisibility of empire, and primogenitureship in succession was consequently inaugurated; and a succession of conquests, from 1220 to 1491, ultimated in the reduction of the Moors under Castellian supremacy.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger
By the aristocratical law of primogenitureship, in a family of six children, five are exposed.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
