as in inheritance
something that is or may be inherited
her patrimony was the family's newspaper business
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Recent Examples of patrimony
Sheen left most of his patrimony, including writings and audio recordings, to the organization, which raises money for the Catholic Church in Africa, Asia, Latin America and other mission areas.
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
There was, first of all, a massive political instrumentalization, which is to say, political parties accusing their government of poorly protecting France’s sacred royalist patrimony.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2025
The demonstrators, some wielding bats, appeared to be asserting the jurisdiction of the Edo people’s ceremonial king, Oba Ewuare II, over the region’s cultural patrimony.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Nov. 2025
For the patrimony prize, which covers jewelry remaining in a house’s patrimonial collection, Raybaud chose 2020 as the cut-off date, to allow newer signatures to take part on an equal footing to their centuries-old predecessors.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
There was, first of all, a massive political instrumentalization, which is to say, political parties accusing their government of poorly protecting France’s sacred royalist patrimony.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2025
The demonstrators, some wielding bats, appeared to be asserting the jurisdiction of the Edo people’s ceremonial king, Oba Ewuare II, over the region’s cultural patrimony.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Nov. 2025
For the patrimony prize, which covers jewelry remaining in a house’s patrimonial collection, Raybaud chose 2020 as the cut-off date, to allow newer signatures to take part on an equal footing to their centuries-old predecessors.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrimony
inheritance
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But this wealth transfer can increase inequality, as those who receive substantial inheritance will be better positioned than those who do not.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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Take FlyBase — an online database of the Drosophila melanogaster (otherwise known as the fruit fly) genome, which for more than 30 years has been an essential resource for researchers studying everything from cancer genes to neurodegeneration to the fundamental mechanisms of inheritance.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Patrimony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrimony. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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