Porphyrogenitism

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was born prior to it.

Synonyms

postgeniture telegony inheritance grandoffspring parthenogeny perigenesis hereditism paedomorphy progeniture pedomorphy quasidominance palingenesis

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