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PRIMOGENITURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does primogeniture mean?
• PRIMOGENITURE (noun)
The noun PRIMOGENITURE has 1 sense:
1. right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
Familiarity information: PRIMOGENITURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("primogeniture" is a kind of...):
heritage; inheritance (that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner)
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