as in inheritance
something that is or may be inherited
her patrimony was the family's newspaper business
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of patrimony
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
The family eventually registered the work with Italy’s patrimony police.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
The West's manifold gifts to the world all directly or indirectly flow from this great patrimony.
—Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
The intention was to join contemporary art with an extraordinary landscape, the beauty of the Piedmontese hills of Roero, a UNESCO patrimony.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for patrimony
Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
The family eventually registered the work with Italy’s patrimony police.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
The West's manifold gifts to the world all directly or indirectly flow from this great patrimony.
—Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
The intention was to join contemporary art with an extraordinary landscape, the beauty of the Piedmontese hills of Roero, a UNESCO patrimony.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for patrimony
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrimony
inheritance
Noun
-
These include infidelities, unspoken longings, and thorny questions of land inheritance.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
-
This pattern of inheritance suggests there is a gene that controls orange fur color on the X-chromosome, but identifying precisely which gene this is has eluded scientists for decades.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Patrimony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrimony. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share