birthdom

birthdom

(ˈbɜːθdəm)
n
an obsolete word for birthright
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This week I've been sparing a thought for Kate Middleton, the Duke of Norfolk, and her impending birthdom.
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133, where Q has down-trod) and our downfall birthdom (Mac 4.
Phrasal verbs and associated forms in Shakespeare
Bestride our downfaln birthdom -- (35) Johnson was so sure of this emendation that, unusually, he quotes the passage in the Dictionary to illustrate the meaning of ~birthdom' as ~privilege of birth'.
The defining language: Johnson's Dictionary and 'Macbeth.'
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