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porphyrogeniture

porphyrogeniture noun: the principle of royal succession in which the first son born after his father's accession to the throne has the first claim, even if he has older brothers who were born before the father's crowning.

Noun

porphyrogeniture (uncountable)

  1. the principle of royal succession in which the first son born after his father's accession to the throne has the first claim, even if he has older brothers who were born before the father's crowning.

Questions about porphyrogeniture

What does porphyrogeniture mean?
Porphyrogeniture means the principle of royal succession in which the first son born after his father's accession to the throne has the first claim, even if he has older brothers who were born before the father's crowning.
What part of speech is porphyrogeniture?
Porphyrogeniture is a noun.

Words near porphyrogeniture in the dictionary

  1. porphyrogeniti
  2. porphyrogenitic
  3. porphyrogenitism
  4. porphyrogenitoi
  5. porphyrogenitos
  6. porphyrogeniture
  7. porphyrogenitus
  8. porphyrogennetos
  9. porphyroid
  10. porphyroids
  11. porphyromonad

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