Patrimony Definition

pătrə-mōnē
patrimonies
noun
patrimonies
Property inherited from one's father or ancestors.
Webster's New World
An inheritance or legacy; heritage.
American Heritage
Property endowed to an institution, as a church.
Webster's New World
Anything inherited, as a characteristic or tendency.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Patrimony

Noun

Singular:
patrimony
Plural:
patrimonies

Origin of Patrimony

  • First attested in 1513. From patrimoyne, from patremoyne, from Middle French patrimoine/patremoine, from Latin patrimōnium, from pater (“father") + -mōnium (“state, condition").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French patrimoine from Latin patrimōnium from pater patr- father pəter- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Patrimony Sentence Examples

  • His patrimony and his wife's dowry must both have been trifling.

  • The patrimony of Italian charitable institutions is considerable and is constantly increasing.

  • The loss of his patrimony, however, thanks no doubt to his mother's providence, did not prevent Propertius from receiving a superior education.

  • Two years later Victor Emmanuel was master of the whole country, except Venice and the " Patrimony of St Peter."

  • Grant that the distinctive mark of our Order may be never to possess anything as its own under the sun for the glory of Thy name, and to have no other patrimony than begging" (in the Legenda 3 Soc.).

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YNYONY

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Words Starting With P and Ending With Y

Starts With P & Ends With YStarts With PA & Ends With YStarts With P & Ends With NY

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