Home › Words › P › primogenitureshipprimogenitureshipprimogenitureship means the right of the first-born child (especially a son) to inherit property or titles; primogeniture.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, primogenitureship ranks #40,589 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom primogeniture + -ship.nounThe right of the first-born child (especially a son) to inherit property or titles; primogeniture.e.g.“[A]ll the younger branches of those families were disinherited, and the law of primogenitureship set up.” — 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).