illegitimation

English

Noun

illegitimation (countable and uncountable, plural illegitimations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of making illegitimate; illegitimization; bastardization.
  2. (obsolete) The state of being illegitimate; illegitimacy.
    • 1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]:
      Gardiner had performed his promise to the queen of getting her illegitimation taken off.

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