primogenital
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primogenital — praɪməʊ dÊ’enɪtl adj. pertaining to the right of the firstborn child or eldest son to receive the family inheritance … English contemporary dictionary
primogenital — pri·mo·genital … English syllables
primogenital — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷+ adjective Etymology: Late Latin primogenitalis, from primogenitus state of being firstborn (from Latin, firstborn, from primus first + genitus, past participle of gignere to beget) + Latin alis al : primogenitary … Useful english dictionary
primogeniture — primogenitary, primogenital, adj. primogenitureship, n. /pruy meuh jen i cheuhr, choor /, n. 1. the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents. 2. Law. the system of inheritance or succession by the firstborn,… … Universalium
uni- — ♦ Élément, du lat. unus « un ». ⇒ mon(o) . ● uni Préfixe, du latin unus, un seul. ⇒UNI , élém. formant Élém. tiré du lat. uni , de unus « un, un seul », entrant dans la constr. d adj. et de qq. subst. appartenant princ. au vocab. sc. et techn. I … Encyclopédie Universelle
primogeniture — [ˌprʌɪmə(ʊ) dʒɛnɪtʃə] noun the state of being the firstborn child. ↘a rule or tradition of inheritance by the firstborn child. Derivatives primogenital adjective primogenitary adjective Origin C17: from med. L. primogenitura, from L. primo first… … English new terms dictionary
first — adj 1. premiere, initial, initiative, opening; antecedent, anterior, preceding, precedent, in the front; primary, prime, primal; earliest, pristine, primeval, primigenial; elementary, fundamental, rudimentary, rudimental; original, incipient,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
oldest — adj eldest, first born, primogenital, primo genitary, senior; original, primordial, Obs. primigenial; earliest, pristine, primeval, initial, first … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
primogeniture — n. principle of inheritance by eldest child; state of being eldest child. ♦ primogenial, a. first to be formed; original. ♦ primogenital, ♦ primogenitary, a. ♦ primogenitor, n. ancestor … Dictionary of difficult words
primogeniture — n. 1 the fact or condition of being the first born child. 2 (in full right of primogeniture) the right of succession belonging to the first born, esp. the feudal rule by which the whole real estate of an intestate passes to the eldest son.… … Useful english dictionary
