Local English word record

patrimonial

adjective · 1 sense

inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

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Examples

  • ancestral home
  • ancestral lore
  • hereditary monarchy
  • patrimonial estate
  • transmissible tradition

Word relationships

Synonyms

ancestral, hereditary, transmissible

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