Thesaurus results for PATRIMONY

patrimony

noun

ˈpa-trə-ˌmō-nē

Definition of patrimony

as in inheritance

something that is or may be inherited her patrimony was the family's newspaper business

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Recent Examples of patrimony The recovery lands at a moment when questions around ownership, restitution, and cultural patrimony have become increasingly politicized in Spain’s art world. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 May 2026 Somewhere along the line some in the international audience decided that Russian literature was no longer a global patrimony—at least not anything written in the past thirty years. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 In many cases, the properties themselves are the most valuable asset that the families own, often left to them by parents or grandparents that spent lifetimes working to afford the properties as a patrimony to their descendants. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026 Wohlford owns his family’s avocado and citrus grove on the outskirts of Escondido, a patrimony passed down to him through the generations. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for patrimony

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inheritance

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Talking about death and inheritance is a way of protecting relationships, preserving dignity, and reducing uncertainty for those who will live with the consequences.

— Christina Wing, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
All the accounts of her story agree that this young heiress, named Maria de Lourdes Fernandes, witnessed the deaths of her parents; her guardian then locked her up and drove her to suicide to get her inheritance.

— Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026

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