illegitimacy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ILLEGIT'IMACY, noun [See Legitimate.] 1. The state of being born out of wedlock; the state of bastardy. 2. The state of being not genuine, or of legitimate origin.
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