as in inheritance
something that is or may be inherited
her patrimony was the family's newspaper business
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Recent Examples of patrimony
Their genetic patrimony is very simple.
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Michelle Weber, Longreads, 18 Nov. 2024
In the most profoundly general sense, the very enactment of this legislation reflected and represented a monumental shift in the power relationships between museums and Native communities and their cultural patrimony.
—Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
The family eventually registered the work with Italy’s patrimony police.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
The West's manifold gifts to the world all directly or indirectly flow from this great patrimony.
—Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Weber, Longreads, 18 Nov. 2024
In the most profoundly general sense, the very enactment of this legislation reflected and represented a monumental shift in the power relationships between museums and Native communities and their cultural patrimony.
—Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
The family eventually registered the work with Italy’s patrimony police.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
The West's manifold gifts to the world all directly or indirectly flow from this great patrimony.
—Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrimony
inheritance
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If their parents died, the sisters would split their inheritance.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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Along with their mother, they’re left with only a small inheritance, with their father’s grand estate instead falling into the hands of their half brother.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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“Patrimony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrimony. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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