primogeniture
n . 长子身份
长子身份
primogeniture n 1 :
right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son Primogeniture \
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n . [
LL .,
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L .
primus first genitura a begetting ,
birth ,
generation ,
fr .
genere ,
gignere ,
to beget :
cf .
F .
primog ['
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niture ,
L .
primogenitus firstborn .
See {
Prime },
a .,
and {
Genus }, {
Kin }.]
1 .
The state of being the firstborn of the same parents ;
seniority by birth among children of the same family .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Eng .
Law )
The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son .
Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son ,
and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture .
In exceptional cases ,
among the female children ,
the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue . --
Blackstone .
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1913 Webster ]
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "
primogeniture ":
aboriginality ,
age ,
ancien regime ,
ancientness ,
antiquity ,
atavism ,
bequeathal ,
bequest ,
birthright ,
borough -
English ,
cobwebs of antiquity ,
coheirship ,
coparcenary ,
deanship ,
dust of ages ,
eld ,
elderliness ,
eldership ,
entail ,
gavelkind ,
great age ,
heirloom ,
heirship ,
hereditament ,
heritable ,
heritage ,
heritance ,
hoary age ,
hoary eld ,
incorporeal hereditament ,
inheritance ,
inveteracy ,
law of succession ,
legacy ,
line of succession ,
mode of succession ,
old age ,
old order ,
old style ,
oldness ,
patrimony ,
postremogeniture ,
primitiveness ,
primordialism ,
primordiality ,
reversion ,
senility ,
seniority ,
succession ,
ultimogeniture ,
venerableness
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