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Patrimonial

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pat·ri·mo·ny  (ptr-mn)
n. pl. pat·ri·mo·nies
1.
a. An inheritance from a father or other ancestor.
b. An inheritance or legacy; heritage.
2. An endowment or estate belonging to an institution, especially a church.
[Middle English, from Old French patrimoine, from Latin patrimnium, from pater, patr-, father; see pter- in Indo-European roots.]
patri·moni·al adj.
patri·moni·al·ly adv.
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Adj.1.Patrimonialpatrimonial - inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
ancestral, hereditary, transmissible
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
heritable, inheritable - capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title"
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But, in order that Mademoiselle de Montalais, who had not a large patrimonial fortune, although an only daughter, should be suitably dowered, it was necessary that she should belong to some great princess, as prodigal as the dowager Madame was covetous.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
As for Nicholas, he lived a single man on the patrimonial estate until he grew tired of living alone, and then he took to wife the daughter of a neighbouring gentleman with a dower of one thousand pounds.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
Don Quixote went over and unhooked Sancho, who, as soon as he found himself on the ground, looked at the rent in his huntingcoat and was grieved to the heart, for he thought he had got a patrimonial estate in that suit.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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