单词 | primogenital |
释义 | primogenitaladj. Of or relating to primogeniture. ΘΚΠ 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 a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. viii. 21 Those garments Rebecca put on Jacob, his sacerdotal vestment; but it was still the primogenital right, till a family separated. 1846 Times 19 Jan. 2/5 In opening Macao, however, they have spared to Portugal her darling monopolies, cherishing their primogenital rights. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. iv. 48 The primogenital cellars were not niggard of their stores. 1888 Science 14 Sept. 124/1 Genesis..considered under some of its subordinate phases, as heredity, physiological selection, sexual selection, primogenital selection, sexual differentiation,..hybridity, &c. 1927 Jrnl. Philos. 24 10 In origin and certainty the datum is regarded as actually primogenital. 1952 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 18 Feb. 7/2 Membership in the society is limited to the primogenital descendants of officers who served three years in the continental Army or Navy during the Revolutionary War. 1996 Rev. Eng. Stud. 47 21 The faultiness of the Lancastrians' primogenital title is now meaningless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1706 |
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