What is "worthiest of blood"

Worthy \Wor"thy\, a. [Compar. Worthier; superl. Worthiest.] [OE. worthi, wur[thorn]i, from worth, wur[thorn], n.; cf. Icel. ver[eth]ugr, D. waardig, G. w["u]rdig, OHG. wird[=i]g. See Worth, n.]

1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

   Full worthy was he in his lordes war.
   --Chaucer.

   These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities.
   --Shak.

   Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be.
   --Milton.

   This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.
   --Sir J. Davies.

2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.

   No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.
   --Shak.

   The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel.
   --Shak.

   Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
   --Matt. iii. 11.

   And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness.
   --Milton.

   The lodging is well worthy of the guest.
   --Dryden.

3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.]

   Worthy women of the town.
   --Chaucer.

   Worthiest of blood (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females.
   --Burrill.