primogenitureship

primogenitureship

English

Etymology

From primogeniture +‎ -ship.

Noun

primogenitureship (uncountable)

1. The right of the first-born child (especially a son) to inherit property or titles; primogeniture. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:

     [A]ll the younger branches of those families were disinherited, and the law of primogenitureship set up.