Definition of "legitimism" [le•git•i•mism]

• The principles or plans of legitimists. (noun)

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• "These are old-fashioned Tories with the conservatism of the great Salisbury, the radicalism of Thatcher and the monarchical legitimism and sexual athleticism of Viscount Bolingbroke."
• "And then he became the personal secretary for the Count of B … who had a champion of legitimism. 2 Fired for unknown reasons."
• "If in her husband's room at the bank legitimism was a mere unpopulated principle, in her salon Legitimacy was nothing but persons."