Patrimony

3 definitions found

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

  Patrimony \Pat"ri*mo*ny\, n.; pl. {Patrimonies}. [L.
     patrimonium, fr. pater father: cf. F. patrimoine. See
     {Paternal}.]
     1. A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a
        larger sense, from any ancestor. "'Reave the orphan of his
        patrimony." --Shak.


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     2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment. --Shipley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  patrimony
       n 1: a church endowment
       2: an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by
          primogeniture) [syn: {birthright}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "patrimony":
     bequeathal, bequest, birthright, borough-English, coheirship,
     coparcenary, entail, gavelkind, heirloom, heirship, hereditament,
     heritable, heritage, heritance, incorporeal hereditament,
     inheritance, law of succession, legacy, line of succession,
     mode of succession, postremogeniture, primogeniture, reversion,
     succession, ultimogeniture