Primogeniture
[,praɪmə(ʊ)'dʒenɪtʃə] or [,praɪmo'dʒɛnɪtʃɚ]
解释:
(a.) The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family.
(a.) The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue.
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例句:
- Secondly, In Pennsylvania there is no right of primogeniture, and lands, like moveables, are divided equally among all the children of the family. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Hence the origin of the right of primogeniture, and of what is called lineal succession. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Entails are the natural consequences of the law of primogeniture. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- That smacks of rights of primogeniture. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Is Richard's title of primogeniture more decidedly certain than that of Duke Robert of Normandy, the Conqueror's eldest son? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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