初しょ夜や権けん

noun

right of first night; jus primae noctis; droit du seigneur

Historical term referring to the alleged right of a feudal lord to have sexual relations with a subordinate's bride on her wedding night. Used in discussions of medieval European customs.

• 中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパの初しょ夜や権けんは、実じっ際さいには広ひろく行おこなわれていなかったという説せつがある。

  There is a theory that the right of first night in medieval Europe was not actually widely practiced.