postgeniture

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English

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Etymology

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From post- +‎ geniture.

Noun

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postgeniture (uncountable)

  1. The fact of being born after someone else of the same bloodline.
    • 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
      A person of high spirit and honour, naturally a King, though fatally prevented by the harmlesse chance of post-geniture […]
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