Patrimonial

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Patrimonial \Pat`ri*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. patrimonialis: cf. F.
     patrimonial.]
     Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors;
     as, a patrimonial estate.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  patrimonial
       adj : inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal
             rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore";
             "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate";
             "transmissible tradition" [syn: {ancestral}, {hereditary},
              {transmissible}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PATRIMONIAL. A thing, which comes from the father, and by extension, from 
  the mother or other ancestor.