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[syn: birthright, patrimony]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment. --Shipley.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
patrimony
n 1: a church endowment
2: an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by
primogeniture) [syn: birthright, patrimony]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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