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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 bo…

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  1. n. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. The principle of succession in royal families, especially amongthe Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after theaccession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder sonwho was not so born. Sir T. Palgrave.