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legitimateness|lɪˈdʒɪtɪmətnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being legitimate, in various senses.
1618Barnevelt's Apol. D, If New-kerke..will giue you a Testimonie of your legitimatenesse, I will easily beleeue it. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. Apol. 536 They cannot make the least scruple concerning the legitimateness of the Instrument. a1677Barrow Pope's Suprem. (1680) 352 The Fathers of Constantinople..highly asserting the legitimateness of his Ordination. 1831Southey in Q. Rev. XLV. 181 Babeuf..maintained the merit and the legitimateness of the Constitution of 1793. |