legitimate
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4.2
- adjective
- /lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət/
:
legítimo
- Now, however, he needed a legitimate heir, and for that he needed a wife.
- a legitimate child
- a legitimate heir
- a legitimate son
But Judaism and Christianity trace their lineage through Isaac, the the quote UN quote legitimate son of Abraham.
- But Judaism and Christianity trace their lineage through Isaac, the the quote UN quote legitimate son of Abraham.
- He says you can have a legitimate spouse and that legitimate spouse can be used legitimately.
Examples
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According to the law, she is the legitimate child of both parents and has rights to their inheritance.
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But she is the legitimate heir of Henry Vll... ...and her claims to succeed Your Majesty must be acknowledged.
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But I, and only I, was the legitimate child in the eyes of the Church.
Fiction book (1998) -
I did not want to bear a child who would have no legitimate claim to your name.
Fiction book (1995) -
Bobby, you were in a legitimate business.
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Unlike him, they had been born legitimate and in the United States.
Fiction book (1990) -
In both census years, there were more legitimate children in this position than illegitimate ones.
Academic text (1993) -
In the French law, there is no difference between legitimate and illegitimate children when it comes to their right to inherit.
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Legitimate children.
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Her refusal to be set up as queen by the rebels reinforces the principle of loyalty to legitimate authority.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
132
7.7
Real and legal, for example a job or website
82
2.9
Allowed by the law
A child who is born to parents who are legally married
Antonyms
- Formal
39
6.1
A child or marriage not recognized by law because the parents were not married
Surface Forms
Etymology
Legitimate was used for children and marriages the law accepted, because the word comes from the same root as legal, which means 'law'. That's why a 'legitimate' child is one the law accepts as born within marriage.