primogenitureship
English edit
Etymology edit
From primogeniture + -ship.
Noun edit
primogenitureship (uncountable)
- 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.