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Definition of Primogenitors
1. primogenitor [n] - See also: primogenitor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primogenitors
Literary usage of Primogenitors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Original and Present State of Man, Briefly Considered: Wherein is Shewn by Joseph Phipps (1844)
"IT appears from Holy Writ, that, previous to our own actual offences, we are all
naturally affected by the transgression of our primogenitors. ..."
2. The Deity by William Cooke (1877)
"... and while the law of generation carries us down to the first individuals as
the primogenitors of each species, the present argument from geology shows ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"That our primogenitors passed their days among trees is one of the few points on
which Moses and Darwin agree ; whether four banders or frugivorous ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"It is merely an additional factor in the multitude of unnatural habits that make
up the misery of our modern modes of life. That our primogenitors passed ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Adam and Eve, the primogenitors of sin, which the Savior expiated for them as
well as others, kneel beside the cross; though usually Adam alone is seen, ..."
6. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, T. Arundel Harcourt, Albert Goldschmidt, Walter Mulrea Fisher, William Nemos (1874)
"The breezes that wafted hither America's primogenitors are still blowing, and
the ocean currents by which they came cease not yet to How. ..."
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