primogenitaryadj.
/ˌprʌɪmə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnᵻt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌpraɪmoʊˈdʒɛnəˌtɛri/ = primogenital adj.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born
eldestc1000
first-begottenc1350
first-gottena1382
firstbornc1384
first-gendereda1398
first-kinneda1400
oldest1478
ayne1483
first-conceived1574
eigne1586
eldest-born1608
primogenit1619
first-begot1671
primogenitala1706
old1706
primogenitary1827
primogenitive1842
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [adjective] > resting on hereditary right > relating to primogeniture
primogenitala1706
firstborn1770
primogenitary1827
primogenitive1842
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. vi. 316 The consciousness of this defect in his parliamentary title put James on magnifying..the inherent rights of primogenitary succession.
1867 W. L. Newman in Quest. Reformed Parl. 83 It is sufficient to say of this law, that it adheres more strictly to Primogeniture than the practise of the Primogenitary class.
1935 PMLA 50 508 The maintenance of the strictest line of primogenitary descent from the earliest historically authentic king.
1996 C. Given-Wilson Eng. Nobility Late Middle Ages i. i. 45 Of the thirteen English earls and dukes in 1362, only three..were primogenitary descendants of men who had held the same titles in Edward II's reign.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1827