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heir·loom (er′lo̵̅o̅m′)

noun

  1. a piece of personal property that goes to an heir along with an estate
  2. any treasured possession handed down from generation to generation

Etymology: ME heir lome: see heir & loom

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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