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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bequeathal, bequest, birthright, borough-English, coheirship, coparcenary, entail, gavelkind, heirloom, heirship, hereditament, heritable, heritage, heritance, incorporeal hereditament, inheritance, law of succession, legacy, line of succession, mode of succession, postremogeniture, primogeniture, reversion, succession, ultimogeniture
Dictionary Results for patrimony:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
patrimony
    n 1: a church endowment
    2: an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by
       primogeniture) [syn: birthright, patrimony]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Patrimony \Pat"ri*mo*ny\, n.; pl. Patrimonies. [L.
   patrimonium, fr. pater father: cf. F. patrimoine. See
   Paternal.]
   1. A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a
      larger sense, from any ancestor. "'Reave the orphan of his
      patrimony." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment. --Shipley.
      [1913 Webster]
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