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patrimonial

adj
/ˌpætɹɪˈməʊni.əl/UK/ˌpætɹɪˈmoʊni.əl/CA/ˌpætɹɪˈməʉni.əl/

Etymology

From patrimony + -al.

  1. derived from patrimōnium
  2. derived from patrimoine
  3. suffixed as patrimonial — “patrimony + al”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to patrimony.

  2. Legally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors.

    • […] Cluffe, who had had two or three sharp little visits of his patrimonial gout […]
    • The general evolution is clear: bubbles aside, what we are witnessing is a strong comeback of private capital in the rich countries since 1970, or, to put it another way, the emergence of a new patrimonial capitalism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA