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Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: patrimonie, from Latin patrimonium, from pater 'father'

patrimony

 noun
     
Related topics: Law
pat‧ri‧mo‧ny [singular, uncountable] formal
SCL property given to you after the death of your father, which was given to him by your grandfather etc [= inheritance]
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