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Legitimacy   /lədʒˈɪtəməsi/  /lɪdʒˈɪtəməsi/   Listen
Legitimacy

noun
1.
Lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law.
2.
Undisputed credibility.  Synonyms: authenticity, genuineness.





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"Legitimacy" Quotes from Famous Books



... made for the succession to the crown on Henry's death by an Act of Parliament passed in 1544, and the princesses Mary and Elizabeth were thereby re-instated in their rights of inheritance as if no question of their legitimacy had ever been raised. As Edward, who was next in succession to the crown, was but a boy, Henry had taken pains to select a council of regency in which no one party should predominate. This council was ...
— London and the Kingdom - Volume I • Reginald R. Sharpe
... attitude towards Christianity expressed in these notes may be described as—(1) 'pure agnosticism' in the region of the scientific 'reason,' coupled with (2) a vivid recognition of the spiritual necessity of faith and of the legitimacy and value of its intuitions; (3) a perception of the positive strength of the historical and spiritual ...
— Thoughts on Religion • George John Romanes


Words linked to "Legitimacy" :   real stuff, real thing, illegitimacy, lawfulness, real McCoy, genuineness, believability, credibility, authenticity, legitimate, credibleness


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