Hypertext Webster Gateway: "patrimonial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Patrimonial \Pat`ri*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. patrimonialis: cf. F.
patrimonial.]
Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors;
as, a patrimonial estate.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
patrimonial
adj : inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal
rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore";
"hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate";
"transmissible tradition" [syn: {ancestral}, {hereditary},
{transmissible}]
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