primogenitary (primojenitari)

[L. primogenit a, the rights of the first-born (see pri mogeniture ), + -ary.] Of or belonging to primogeniture, or the rights of the first-born. They do not explicitly condemn a limited monarchy, but evidently adopt his scheme of primogenitary right, which is perhaps almost incompatible with it. Hallam . primogenitive (pri-mō-jen'i-tiv), a . and n. [ primogenit a , the rights of the first-born (see primogeniture ), + -ive .] I. a. Relating to primogeniture. II. n. Primogeniture; right of primogeni ture. The primogenitive and due of birth. Shak ., T. and C., i. 3. 106. primogenitor (pri-mō-jen'i-tor), n . [=Pg. pri mogenitor = It. primogenit ore , primogenitor (cf. ML . primogenitor , first-born), primus , first, + genitor , a parent, a father, genere , gignere , beget, bring forth.] A forefather; an ancestor. If your primogenitors be not belied, the general smutch you have was once of a deeper black, when they came from Mauri tan i a into Spain. Gayton, Notes on Don Quixote. Our primogenitors pa ed their days among trees. Pennsylvania School Jour., XXXII. 382. 4727