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porphyrogenitism


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.

Origin: LL. Porphyro genitus, fr. Gr.; purple + root of to be born.

Source: Websters Dictionary