"born to the purple" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek πορφυρογέννητος (porphurogénnētos); purple was a luxury color reserved for the Byzantine imperial family. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|grc|πορφυρογέννητος}} Calque of Ancient Greek πορφυρογέννητος (porphurogénnētos) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} born to the purple (not comparable)
  1. Born and raised in a royal family. Tags: not-comparable Translations (born and raised in a royal family): bíborban született (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-born_to_the_purple-en-adj-IcsIDQSr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'born and raised in a royal family': 92 8
  2. (loosely) Of children, born of prominent or high-ranking parents. Tags: broadly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-born_to_the_purple-en-adj-RjnYHb6T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: born in the purple

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