| Pronunciation: | | p'atrum`ownyul
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" |
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PATRIMONIAL is a 11 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | ancestral, hereditary, heritable, inheritable, transmissible |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pat`ri*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. patrimonialis: cf. F.
patrimonial.]
Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors;
as, a patrimonial estate.
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