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Patrimonial

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adj. Of or pertaining to patrimony

adj. Legally inherited from one or more ancestors

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from an ancestor or ancestors: as, a patrimonial estate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

Word Usage

"Instead, it strengthened what he calls "patrimonial capitalism"-a system in which the key determinant of success is how close you are to those in power."

Equivalent

heritable inheritable

Cross Reference

hereditary jurisdiction

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ancestral hereditary

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

seignorial partible bicoastal manorial newly-acquired lords' Cortland Burgundian intestate callable