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heirhood

noun

Etymology

From heir + -hood.

  1. derived from hērēs
  2. derived from eir
  3. inherited from heir
  4. suffixed as heirhood — “heir + hood”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being an heir

    The state or condition of being an heir; heirship

    • The sons she gives Trame's boy will do him as proud as he and his brothers have done their own father, sons who will also be my grandsons and grandheirs. Her husband will find her a greater prize than simply a means to heirhood.
    • Does this reflect a scribal scruple to have the element of universal heirhood incorporated, or is this a piety of Sara herself?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for heirhood. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA