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patrimonial
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective patrimonial has 1 sense
- patrimonial(s = adj.all) ancestral, hereditary, transmissible - inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" Derived form noun patrimony2
CIDE DICTIONARY
patrimonial, a. [L. patrimonialis: cf. F. patrimonial.].
Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate. [1913 Webster]
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