absolute primogeniture

noun

A form of primogeniture in which sex is irrelevant for inheritance; the oldest surviving child without regard to sex becomes the heir.

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equal primogeniturelineal primogeniture
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Meanings

nounabsolute primogeniture (countable and uncountable, plural absolute primogenitures)

plural absolute primogenitures

  1. countableuncountableA form of primogeniture in which sex is irrelevant for inheritance; the oldest surviving child without regard to sex becomes the heir.

    Another well-known custom, common in the northeast, is absolute primogeniture, whereby the eldest child, regardless of sex, becomes the heir.

    2008, Jennifer Robertson, editor, A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 362

    Synonyms: equal primogeniture, lineal primogeniture

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA form of primogeniture in which sex is irrelevant for inheritance; the oldest surviving child without regard to sex becomes the heir.

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equal primogeniturelineal primogeniture
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