Bible Dictionaries
Majorat
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it.
(2):
(a.) The right of succession to property according to age; - so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Majorat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/majorat.html. 1828.