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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Porphyrogenitism \Por`phy*ro*gen"i*tism\, n. [LL. porphyro
   genitus, fr. Gr. ?; ? purple + root of gi`gnesqai to be
   born.]
   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. --Sir T.
   Palgrave.
   [1913 Webster]
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