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right of the first night
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Historically, in certain societies, the groom was required to allow his new bride to have sex with his master on their wedding night, and for that first night only. In French: droit du seigneur; in Latin: jus primae noctis.
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RIFM
RIFML
RIFP
RIFT
RIG
rig a jig
rigamarole
RIGB
right
right angle
right around the corner
right away
right for
right hip pocket
right now
right of the first night
right side of fortyright sort
right triangle
Right whale
right-based approach
right-handed
righteous
Righteousness
rights
rigid
rigid digit
Rigid Stock
Rigler's Sign
rigmarole
rigor mortis
rigors