Category:Porphyrogenitism

Por`phy*ro*gen"i*tism, n. Etym: [ll. porphyro genitus, fr. Gr.

Defn: 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.