Primogenitive

Pri`mo`gen´i`tive


a.1.Of or pertaining to primogeniture.
n.1.Primogeniture.
The primogenitive and due of birth.
- Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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