primogeniture

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From French, from Late Latin primogenitura, from Latin primus (“first”) + genitura (“birth”) (from genitus, past participle of gignere).

The law of primogeniture is on the female side. — Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846, James Richardson
"Such as primogeniture and the continuous entail," I suggested. — In Jeopardy, Van Tassel Sutphen
Entails are the natural consequences of the law of primogeniture. — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith

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