Meaning of heiress-presumptive | Babel Free

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Noun. [C2]

Examples

“The terms of the Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh’s Annuities Act (11th February, 1948) call⟳ for no special comment⟳. The Act is of constitutional interest⟳ mainly because there was no recent precedent for such provision having to be made for an heiress-presumptive, and for her husband, upon their marriage.”

“The prospect of a Catholic heir was repugnant to the heiresses-presumptive, as well as to the populace, for religious reasons; for Mary and Anne were as devout in their religious views as James was in his.”

“How long the King would linger, even the duke could not guess⟳, but in view⟳ of the altered succession, physical possession of the two heiresses-presumptive was vital.”

“Speakers of the House of Commons ranked only slightly below heiresses-presumptive in Toland’s list of proper recipients of flattery.”

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