Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An inheritance from a father or paternal ancestor.
- noun An inheritance or legacy; heritage.
- noun An endowment or estate belonging to an institution, especially a church.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A right or an estate inherited from one's ancestors; property falling to a person on the death of his father; heritage.
- noun A church estate or revenue; the endowment of a church or religious house.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor.
- noun Formerly, a church estate or endowment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
right orestate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. - noun Formerly, a church estate or
endowment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
- noun a church endowment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To tell these young readers that such poets are part of their "patrimony" is only another way of saying they should read poetry because it's good for them, a strategy that will only make it certain they'll never want to read a line of verse ever again.
Literary Study 2009
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The wording of Mary's patent letters indicates that the proper context for assessing the origin and significance of her patrimony is in the unique political situation taking shape in the days immediately following Henry VIII's death.
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Nothing less than Mexico's cultural patrimony is at stake.
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Nothing less than Mexico's cultural patrimony is at stake.
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"Ninety-five percent of the people of the world have - they use the word patrimony in conversation, and it's a very emotionally charged word," Edsel observed.
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"Ninety-five percent of the people of the world have - they use the word patrimony in conversation, and it's a very emotionally charged word," Edsel observed.
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As for oil -- or what President Bush referred to, on the rare occasion when he mentioned it, as Iraq's "patrimony" -- mum was the word, even though that country had the world's third largest proven petroleum reserves and sat strategically at the heart of the energy heartlands of the planet.
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"Property" is vague, and Machiavelli in other chapters more often referred to "patrimony," meaning one's rightful inheritance.
Nicholas Carroll: Occupy Wall Street as Seen Through Machiavelli's Lens Nicholas Carroll 2011
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"Property" is vague, and Machiavelli in other chapters more often referred to "patrimony," meaning one's rightful inheritance.
Nicholas Carroll: Occupy Wall Street as Seen Through Machiavelli's Lens Nicholas Carroll 2011
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"Property" is vague, and Machiavelli in other chapters more often referred to "patrimony," meaning one's rightful inheritance.
Nicholas Carroll: Occupy Wall Street as Seen Through Machiavelli's Lens Nicholas Carroll 2011
jwjarvis commented on the word patrimony
an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor
September 4, 2010