ADJECTIVE | all | patrimonial, ancestral, hereditary, transmissible | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent |
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Sounds | pae'trahmow.niyahl; pae'trahmow.nyahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent. | |
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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) |
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