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 In these words, Peter, asked by the Master, together with the other disciples, about his faith in him, expressed the patrimony that the Church, through the apostolic succession, has preserved, deepened and handed on for two thousand years. Daniel Burke, NPR, 9 May 2025 Right-wing Israelis regard the entire West Bank as their exclusive patrimony, so they might not be thrilled to get only 30 percent more of it. Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025 Their genetic patrimony is very simple. Michelle Weber, Longreads, 18 Nov. 2024 In the most profoundly general sense, the very enactment of this legislation reflected and represented a monumental shift in the power relationships between museums and Native communities and their cultural patrimony. Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for patrimony
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inheritance
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  • What Is Generational Financial Trauma Generational financial trauma refers to physical, psychological, and emotional inheritance of attitudes and beliefs that are influenced by financial stress and financial anxiety experienced by previous generations.
    Rahkim Sabree, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Fiction itself is utopian, too, a space where the unjust logic of inheritance and privilege can be questioned, rearranged or reversed.
    Nell Stevens August 4, Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Patrimony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrimony. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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