heirship

English

Etymology

heir +‎ -ship

Pronunciation

Noun

heirship (countable and uncountable, plural heirships)

  1. The status of being heir to something or someone
    • 1858, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 12, October, 1858‎:
      He began to fear lest he should be obliged to fulfil the duty of heirship to the property deposited with him.
    • 1905, Editor-in-Chief: Rossiter Johnson, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 8‎:
      When that outworn empire perished with the fall of Constantinople, Ivan succeeded nominally at least to its heirship.
    • 1911, Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm‎:
      "After this the family interest merely rested on heirship of the estate.

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