heirdom

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heir·dom

(âr′dəm)

1. Succession by right of blood; heirship.

2. An inheritance.

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heirdom

(ˈɛədəm)

(Law) property law succession by right of blood; inheritance

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I have not always been as now: The fever'd diadem on my brow I claim'd and won usurpingly - Hath not the same fierce heirdom given Rome to the Caesar - this to me?

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What is the component of Buhari's Abrahamic heirdom and what does he stand to gain therefrom?

Interrogating Buhari's Abraham descendance

It is here that we may see Berman as the ideal descendant of Benjamin--in sharp contradistinction to the pseudo-mystical subjectivities of certain academic trends which also claim heirdom to Benjamin--reflecting the following view expressed in "The Task of the Critic" (1931): "Instead of giving his own opinion, a great critic enables others to form their opinion on the basis of his critical analysis" (Benjamin 548).

Antoine Berman, Toward a Translation Criticism: John Donne

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