primogenitureship

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From primogeniture +‎ -ship.

Noun[edit]

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.
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