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heirdom

American

[air-duhm] / ˈɛər dəm /

noun

heirship; inheritance.

heirdom British

/ ˈɛədəm /

noun

property law succession by right of blood; inheritance

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Etymology

Origin of heirdom

First recorded in 1590–1600; heir + -dom

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heirdom

To the heirdom of heaven be ye welcome!

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

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 Slason Thompson

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 Edgar Allan Poe

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