heirdom

American  

[air-duhm] / ˈɛər dəm /

noun

1. heirship; inheritance.

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heirdom British  

/ ˈɛədəm /

noun

1. property law succession by right of blood; inheritance

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Etymology

Origin of heirdom

First recorded in 1590–1600; heir + -dom

Example Sentences

I have not always been as now: The fever'd diadem on my brow I claim'd and won usurpingly— Hath not the same fierce heirdom given Rome to the Caesar—this to me?

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 by Poe, Edgar Allan

I have not always been as now: The fevered diadem on my brow I claimed and won usurpingly— Hath not the same fierce heirdom given Rome to the C�sar—this to me?

From Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works by Poe, Edgar Allan

To the heirdom of heaven be ye welcome!

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Sir Harper did send me a large fish from Lake Okeboji to-day, which the same did I and my heirdom devour triumphantly this very evening.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason