majorat

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noun

primogeniture

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounmajorat (countable and uncountable, plural majorats)

plural majorats

  1. countableuncountablelawprimogeniture
  2. countableuncountablelawproperty that descends with a title

Origin

  1. Frenchmajorat
  2. Frenchmajorat
  3. Englishmajorat

Borrowed from French majorat.

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APA

majorat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/majorat

MLA

“majorat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/majorat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “majorat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/majorat.

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