heirhood

English

Alternative forms

• heir-hood

Etymology

From heir +‎ -hood.

Noun

heirhood (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being an heir; heirship
   • 1987, Sharon Green, Lady Blade, Lord Fighter:

     The sons she gives Trame's boy will do him as proud as he and his brothers have done their own father, sons who will also be my grandsons and grandheirs. Her husband will find her a greater prize than simply a means to heirhood.

   • 1996, Robert Ignatius Burns, Jews in the Notarial Culture:

     Does this reflect a scribal scruple to have the element of universal heirhood incorporated, or is this a piety of Sara herself?

   • 2008, Renee Wildes, Duality:

     Dara focused, heating the water until it steamed into vapor. The floor was as good as new. “We make a good team. Thou shouldst stay.” “I can't. They didn't care when Loren was Lady's champion, but now you've all got him roped into heirhood and kinghood only an elf will do. Alani is a much more suitable choice as queen of the elves than I am. [...]”

   • 2014, Katherine Namuddu, Her Husband’s Crown:

     By the end of Kitaka's funeral everyone in the village, including Kyome who is Ddibya's younger brother, will discover that Kizito, my first son, is not eligible to be Ddibya's heir. Next week Kyome will strip my son of his heir-hood.' 'But how will everyone discover all this by the end of the funeral?