Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A title given, especially in the Byzantine empire, to those sons of a sovereign who are born after his accession to the throne. See
porphyrogenitism .
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- noun Alternative form of
porphyrogenite .
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"porphyrogenitus," was applied in the Byzantine empire to children of the monarch born after his accession to the throne.
Selections from Poe J. Montgomery Gambrill
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