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secundogenitures

secundogenitures is the plural of secundogeniture.

Meaning of secundogeniture

Noun

secundogeniture (plural secundogenitures)

  1. The condition of being secondborn
  2. A right of inheritance belonging to a second son.
  3. A property or possession so inherited.
    • The kingdom of Naples […] was constituted a secundo-geniture of Spain.1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC

Questions about secundogenitures

What is secundogenitures the plural of?
Secundogenitures is the plural of secundogeniture.

Words near secundogenitures in the dictionary

  1. secundiparous
  2. secundly
  3. secundo
  4. secundo-primary
  5. secundogeniture
  6. secundogenitures
  7. secundos
  8. secundum
  9. secundum artem
  10. secundum naturam
  11. secundum quid

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