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ultimogeniture

noun
ul路​ti路​mo路​gen路​i路​ture | \ 藢蓹l-t蓹-m艒-藞je-n蓹-藢chu虈r How to pronounce ultimogeniture (audio) , -ni-ch蓹r, -n蓹-藢tyu虈r, -n蓹-藢tu虈r\

Definition of ultimogeniture

: a system of inheritance by which the youngest child succeeds to the estate

First Known Use of ultimogeniture

1882, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for ultimogeniture

Latin ultimus last + English primogeniture

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