patrimony

Meaning

1. A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment.

Synonyms

heritage

inheritance

legacy

bequest

birthright

estate

hangover

heirloom

hereditament

legacies

testament

estate of inheritance

country-seat

hereditary property

hereditary estate

ancestral lands

ancestry

votchina

barony

dower

endowment

fief

fiefdom

Translations

patrimonio

héritage

patrimoine

herencia

boedel

Gut

Hyphenated as

pat‧ri‧mo‧ny

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpat.ɹɪ.mə.ni/

Etymology

First attested in 1513. From earlier patrimoyne, from patremoyne, from Middle French patrimoine/patremoine, semi-learned borrowing from Latin patrimōnium, from pater (“father”) + -mōnium (“state, condition”). By surface analysis, patri- + -mony. Compare matrimony.