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heirship

[ air-ship ]

/ ˈɛər ʃɪp /

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noun

the position or rights of an heir; right of inheritance; inheritance.

Origin of heirship

First recorded in 1470–80; see origin at heir, -ship

Words nearby heirship

heir presumptive, heir-at-law, heirdom, heiress, heirloom, heirship, heisenberg, heisenberg uncertainty principle, heisenberg, werner, heiss, heist

Example sentences from the Web for heirship

At one time she had feared her father might promote Kate Dancox to the heirship, and grew to dislike the child accordingly.

Johnny Ludlow, Sixth Series |Mrs. Henry Wood
I know I would gladly give up my share of the heirship to find him.

The Dash for Khartoum |George Alfred Henty
If so, rejoice in your heirship; and yet rejoice with trembling; for that is the very character of God's heirs.

The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne |Andrew A. Bonar
In it we have unfolded to us the two great principles of sonship and heirship.

Notes on the Book of Genesis |Charles Henry Mackintosh

The inquiry set on foot led only to confusion, and was soon lost in the greater question of the heirship.

Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House) |James S. De Benneville

British Dictionary definitions for heirship

heirship

/ (ˈɛəʃɪp) /

noun law

the state or condition of being an heir

the right to inherit; inheritance