Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Succession by right of blood; heirship.
- noun An inheritance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being an heir; succession by inheritance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An inheritance or succession.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Characters are all exaggerated to comic effect - in addition to Curry and Sinclair there's uber-geek Roger Wilson and the Austrian wine-heir Hermann Hauser who gives up his family heirdom to start up Acorn - "Have you tasted Austrian wine?"
Archive 2009-10-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009
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Characters are all exaggerated to comic effect - in addition to Curry and Sinclair there's uber-geek Roger Wilson and the Austrian wine-heir Hermann Hauser who gives up his family heirdom to start up Acorn - "Have you tasted Austrian wine?"
It Takes 6502 To Tango [Review: Micro Men] Sci-Fi Gene 2009
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I said, among other things, that it was infamous to accept the heirdom of Troizen, to cheat in his dotage a king who had been great, and had sons who would have done right by him; to mock his hopes in his last days.
The Bull From The Sea Renault, Mary 1962
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It became a matter of doubt, whether the heir per capita or the heir per stirpes was to succeed; but whether the heir per capita gave way when the heirdom per stirpes took place, or the Catholic heir when the Protestants was preferred, the inheritable principle survived with a sort of immortality through all transmigrationsmultosque per annos stat fortuna domus, et avi numerantur avorum.
Paras. 25-49 1909
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Her lot in the heirdom, the tough, silent Work, 1510
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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Why, what was young Tom Claypool, their brother baronet's son in Norfolk with his great boots, his great voice, and his heirdom to a poor five thousand acres, compared to this young American prince and charming stranger?
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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You are assigned to appraise Malgrey Castle for the government as no one has come into heirdom for over 100 years.
MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2010
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Not to mention the unspoken fact that Lachlain was king only because Bowe’s father had ceded his heirdom.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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Why, what was young Tom Claypool, their brother baronet’s son in Norfolk with his great boots, his great voice, and his heirdom to a poor five thousand acres, compared to this young American prince and charming stranger?
The Virginians 2006
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_per capita_ gave way when the heirdom _per stirpes_ took place, or the
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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