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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Legacy-hunting.
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reesetee commented on the word heredipety
Legacy-hunting. "1855 MILMAN Lat. Chr. I. ii. (1864) I. 91 Heredipety or legacy hunting is inveighed against, in the clergy especially, as by the older Satirists. 1855 MILMAN Lat. Chr. III. v. II. 29 (1864) Already heredipety, seeking inheritances by undue means, is branded as an ecclesiastical vice." --from OED Online
February 5, 2008
vendingmachine commented on the word heredipety
legacy-hunting doesn't seem to provide enough. reesetee's post makes more sense: seeking inheritances by indue means... by clergy? Hm.
October 28, 2021