Primogeniture was ever driving from England her younger sons to found New Englands and expand the commerce of the motherland.
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Primogeniture
//ˌprʌɪmə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtʃə//
Synonyms for "primogeniture" (51 found)
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38 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- անդրանիկություն noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- անդրանիկություն noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Bulgarian
1 entries- първородство noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 長子繼承制 /长子继承制 noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
- 長子身份 /长子身份 noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
Dutch
1 entries- eerstgeboorterecht noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Finnish
2 entries- esikoisoikeus noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
- esikoisuus noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
French
3 entries- aînesse noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- droit d'aînesse noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
- primogéniture noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
Galician
2 entries- morgado noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- morgado noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
German
3 entries- Erstgeborenheit noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- Erstgeburtsrecht noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
- Primogenitur noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Hebrew
1 entries- העדפת הבכור noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
Hungarian
1 entries- primogenitúra noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Italian
2 entries- primogenitura noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- primogenitura noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Macedonian
2 entries- прворо́дство noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- прворо́дство noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Māori
1 entries- mātāmuatanga noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
Polish
3 entries- pierworództwo noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- primogenitura noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- primogenitura noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Portuguese
1 entries- primogenitura noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Russian
1 entries- первородство noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Spanish
4 entries- mayorazgo noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- mayorazgo noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
- primogenitura noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- primogenitura noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Swedish
3 entries- förstfödd noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- förstfödslorätt noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
- primogenitur noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Ukrainian
3 entries- перворі́дність noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- старши́нство noun (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- старши́нство noun (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
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On these grounds, I contend the mere possession of large property, which is all that primogeniture insures, is by no means a sufficient and unobjectionable qualification for a legislator.
Source: wiktionary
Anglo-Saxon kings did not succeed on the basis of primogeniture. All the kings offspring were known as aethelings -- throneworthy -- and from this gene pool the royal family would select the aetheling who seemed best qualified for the job.
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Primogeniture acting as a law of inheritance in the case of intestacy applied in fact to all real property, however humble. Movables and personal property in this context were subject to equal division, the elder son inheriting all real property as well as his share of the personal property.
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