HyperDic: patrimonial

English > 1 sense of the word *patrimonial*:
ADJECTIVE	all	patrimonial, ancestral, hereditary, transmissible	inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

patrimonial > pronunciation
Sounds	pae'trahmow.niyahl; pae'trahmow.nyahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *patrimonial*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent.
Example	"patrimonial estate"
Synonyms	ancestral, hereditary, transmissible
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Broader	inheritable, heritable	Capable of being inherited
Spanish	ancestral, hereditario, patrimonial, transmisible
Catalan	ancestral, hereditari, patrimonial, transmissible
Nouns	patrimony	an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)