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Porphyrogenitism

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(n.) The 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 not so born.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Porphyrogenitism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/porphyrogenitism.html. 1828.
 
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