patrimonial Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
ancestral; transmissible; hereditary.
- ancestral home
- ancestral lore
- hereditary monarchy
- patrimonial estate
- transmissible tradition
WordNet
Pat`ri*mo"ni*al adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a .patrimonial estate