English Explanatory Dictionary

secundogeniture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition of being secondborn
  2. A right of inheritance belonging to a second son.
  3. A property or possession so inherited.

Word forms

secundogeniture secundogenitures

Etymology

From New Latin secundōgenitūra.

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