Porphyrogenitism Definition
noun
(rare) 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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Origin of Porphyrogenitism
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Latin porphyro genitus, from Ancient Greek purple + to be born.
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