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patrimony

noun
/ˈpat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/UK/ˈpæt.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/US

Etymology

From earlier patrimoyne, from patremoyne, from Middle French patrimoine/patremoine, semilearned borrowing from Latin patrimōnium, from pater (“father”) + -mōnium (“state, condition”). First attested in 1513. By surface analysis, patri- + -mony. Compare matrimony. Displaced native Old English fæderġestrēon.

  1. derived from patrimōnium
  2. derived from patrimoine

Definitions

  1. A right or estate inherited from one's father

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

  2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment.

The neighborhood

Derived

cultural patrimony, patrimonial

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for patrimony. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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