"heirship" meaning in All languages combined

See heirship on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: heirships [plural]
Etymology: heir + -ship Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heir|ship}} heir + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} heirship (countable and uncountable, plural heirships)
  1. The status of being heir to something or someone Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: forced heirship
    Sense id: en-heirship-en-noun-IHB505X~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1905, Editor-in-Chief: Rossiter Johnson, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 8",
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