patrimony

Noun

Meaning

A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

endowment estate heritage legacy inheritance ancestry bequest birthright heirloom barony right property succession devise dowry
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Antonyms

problem lack loss base opposition responsibility
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Hypernyms

endowment heritage inheritance endowment fund

Related terms

patriot patriarch pater patriotism patronymic patriarchy

Phrases with the word

common patrimony

Derivatives

patrimonies

Examples

“ASUU wrote petitions to anti-corruption agencies on these VCs but got no results, which makes us to believe they are working with the ruling class to destroy common patrimony. Source: Internet

But there's already been a backlash, with Carmen Vásquez, Colombia's culture minister, blaming the Misak for "violent acts" against the nation's cultural patrimony. Source: Internet

Back from the Neolithic, period from which many settlements remain, up to nowadays, in the last decades Alghero has become a touristic main point not only because of its coast and natural beauties but also because of a fairly well preserved patrimony. Source: Internet

Francis of Assisi breaking off his relationship with his father and renouncing his patrimony, laying aside publicly even the garments he had received from him. Source: Internet

In 1384, Jogaila reconciled with Vytautas promising to return his patrimony in Trakai. Source: Internet

James popularized the term "pragmatism", giving Peirce full credit for its patrimony, but Peirce later demurred from the tangents that the movement was taking, and redubbed what he regarded as the original idea with the name of "pragmaticism". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

patrimoniality patrimonially Patrimonio patrin patriological patriology