patrimony
UK /ˈpat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/ · US /ˈpæt.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/ noun
Forms patrimonies
- noun A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
- noun Formerly, a church estate or endowment.
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Etymology
From earlier patrimoyne, from patremoyne, from Middle French patrimoine/patremoine, semilearned borrowing from Latin patrimōnium, from pater (“father”) + -mōnium (“state, condition”). First attested in 1513. By surface analysis, patri- + -mony. Compare matrimony.
Displaced native Old English fæderġestrēon.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. "'Reave the orphan of his patrimony." Shak.
- noun Formerly, a church estate or endowment. Shipley.
Etymology [L. patrimonium, fr. pater father: cf. F. patrimoine. See Paternal.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “patrimony”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details