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heirship

noun

Etymology

From heir + -ship.

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

Definitions

  1. The status of being heir to something or someone

    • He began to fear lest he should be obliged to fulfil the duty of heirship to the property deposited with him.
    • When that outworn empire perished with the fall of Constantinople, Ivan succeeded nominally at least to its heirship.
    • "After this the family interest merely rested on heirship of the estate.

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