Definition of Primogenitures

1. Noun. (plural of primogeniture) ¹

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Definition of Primogenitures

1. primogeniture [n] - See also: primogeniture

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primogenitures

primmed
primmer
primmers
primmest
primming
primness
primnesses
primo
primocane
primocanes
primogenial
primogenitive
primogenitor
primogenitors
primogeniture
primogenitures (current term)
primogenitureship
primordia
primordial
primordial dwarf
primordial sea
primordial soup
primordialism
primordialisms
primordiality
primordially
primordian
primordians
primordiate
primordium

Literary usage of Primogenitures

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Political State of Italy by Theodore Lyman (1820)
"... to the municipal ones—nature of those municipalities—law of succession, entails and primogenitures—what property is still susceptible of entail—great ..."

2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1818)
"... enacted by the 9th section of the edict of the 29th of July 1797, or by any other law ; restricting, however, to those primogenitures and ..."

3. A Treatise on American Citizenship by John Sergeant Wise, United States Supreme Court (1906)
"Entails and primogenitures were cherished institutions of England. Our system of transferring real estate hy the registration of deeds came from Holland, ..."

4. A Treatise on American Citizenship by John Sergeant Wise, United States Supreme Court (1905)
"Entails and primogenitures were cherished institutions of England. Our system of transferring real estate by the registration of deeds came from Holland, ..."

5. Austria in 1848-49: Being a History of the Late Political Movements in by William Henry Stiles (1852)
"... primogenitures Ordine, secundum normam in reliquis ... normam primogenitures in Augusta Domo Austriaca ..."

6. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: The Antiquities of the Christian Church : with Two by Joseph Bingham (1846)
"And that it was against the mind of those fathers, that bishops should set up primogenitures, or enrich their kindred out of the « Cod. Justin, lib. 1. Tit. ..."

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