patrimony
noun
an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
patrimonies
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pluralof patrimony.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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India and China placed their cultural patrimonies in lockdown, where they have stayed, with China now aggressively buying back art from abroad.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2011
Johnson's double vision makes him a formidable competitor and one of those rare sons who increase exponentially the patrimonies of their fathers.
From Time Magazine Archive
To suspend our opinion in this case, would be to balance our lives, our liberties, our patrimonies, and our posterity, against thirty thousand pounds.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I by Samuel Johnson
One day a friend chanced to mention the greatness of my fortune, and congratulated me on my title to two such large patrimonies as those of Mrs. Fielder and my father.
From Jane Talbot by Charles Brockden Brown
It is this ignorance of the real value of money that squanders fortunes, and fritters away accumulated patrimonies so laboriously earned and saved in the frugal provinces.
From File No. 113 by Émile Gaboriau
