Patrimony
noun
Property or assets inherited from one's father or ancestors.
The mansion that Moses lives in is a patrimony from his great grandfather.
Often appears as...
- inherit a patrimony
- receive patrimony
noun
The things that are part of the culture and history of a particular society, country, etc.
The museum was designed to protect the cultural patrimony of the country.
Often appears as...
- cultural patrimony
- historical patrimony
noun
Property or title owned by the church or a religious community.
The old monastery is a part of the patrimony of the local church community.
Often appears as...
- church patrimony
- ecclesiastical patrimony
noun
Property or assets inherited from one's father or ancestors.
The mansion that Moses lives in is a patrimony from his great grandfather.
Often appears as...
- inherit a patrimony
- receive patrimony
noun
The things that are part of the culture and history of a particular society, country, etc.
The museum was designed to protect the cultural patrimony of the country.
Often appears as...
- cultural patrimony
- historical patrimony
noun
Property or title owned by the church or a religious community.
The old monastery is a part of the patrimony of the local church community.
Often appears as...
- church patrimony
- ecclesiastical patrimony
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Asset Inheritance
Used when discussing the transfer of possessions from ancestors.
He took over the family farm as part of his patrimony.
Pro Tip 2/3Ancestral Connection
Highlights one's lineage and bond with the past through tangible assets.
Their vineyard is more than land; it's a treasured patrimony.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Value
Emphasizes that the value of patrimony lies not just in wealth, but in family history.
The antique necklace is less about its price and more about our patrimony.
Pro Tip 1/3Asset Inheritance
Used when discussing the transfer of possessions from ancestors.
He took over the family farm as part of his patrimony.
Pro Tip 2/3Ancestral Connection
Highlights one's lineage and bond with the past through tangible assets.
Their vineyard is more than land; it's a treasured patrimony.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Value
Emphasizes that the value of patrimony lies not just in wealth, but in family history.
The antique necklace is less about its price and more about our patrimony.
Pro Tip 1/3Asset Inheritance
Used when discussing the transfer of possessions from ancestors.
He took over the family farm as part of his patrimony.
Pro Tip 2/3Ancestral Connection
Highlights one's lineage and bond with the past through tangible assets.
Their vineyard is more than land; it's a treasured patrimony.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Value
Emphasizes that the value of patrimony lies not just in wealth, but in family history.
The antique necklace is less about its price and more about our patrimony.
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Every Day in Tuscany PIPE...
a monastery called hla and his followers built three or four houses and that's one of them that's partly why it's so hard to let it go because it's such a piece of the patrimony and it was abandoned forever I was just about to abandon do you ever
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Let's scan the whole...
and it'll prove invaluable in the reconstruction. They couldn't have anticipated the fire or how their scan would be used, but we're lucky to have it. We take for granted that our cultural and ecological patrimony will be around forever.
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Every Day in Tuscany PIPE...
a monastery called hla and his followers built three or four houses and that's one of them that's partly why it's so hard to let it go because it's such a piece of the patrimony and it was abandoned forever I was just about to abandon do you ever
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Let's scan the whole...
and it'll prove invaluable in the reconstruction. They couldn't have anticipated the fire or how their scan would be used, but we're lucky to have it. We take for granted that our cultural and ecological patrimony will be around forever.
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Quote examples
Douglas Tompkins
American Businessman
I have even begun to think that I am caring for Argentina and Chile perhaps more than Argentines and Chileans. I feel like I'm sort of a de facto citizen, because I am looking after their national patrimony - which is the land - very carefully.
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Chrystia Freeland
Canadian Musician
Urbanites may picture farmers as hip heritage-pig breeders returning to the land, or a struggling rural underclass waging a doomed battle to hang on to their patrimony as agribusiness moves in. But these stereotypes are misleading.
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Francis of Assisi
Italian Saint
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
The attitude of the West and of Russia towards a crisis like Ukraine is diametrically different. The West is trying to establish the legality of any established border. For Russia, Ukraine is part of the Russian patrimony.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
American poetry is this country's greatest patrimony. It takes a stranger to see some things clearly. This is one of them, and I am that stranger.
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Isaac D'Israeli
British Writer
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
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Guilherme Leal
Brazilian Businessman
Brazil has one of the greatest natural patrimonies in terms of biodiversity.
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Douglas Tompkins
American Businessman
I have even begun to think that I am caring for Argentina and Chile perhaps more than Argentines and Chileans. I feel like I'm sort of a de facto citizen, because I am looking after their national patrimony - which is the land - very carefully.
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Chrystia Freeland
Canadian Musician
Urbanites may picture farmers as hip heritage-pig breeders returning to the land, or a struggling rural underclass waging a doomed battle to hang on to their patrimony as agribusiness moves in. But these stereotypes are misleading.
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Francis of Assisi
Italian Saint
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
The attitude of the West and of Russia towards a crisis like Ukraine is diametrically different. The West is trying to establish the legality of any established border. For Russia, Ukraine is part of the Russian patrimony.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
American poetry is this country's greatest patrimony. It takes a stranger to see some things clearly. This is one of them, and I am that stranger.
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Isaac D'Israeli
British Writer
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
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Guilherme Leal
Brazilian Businessman
Brazil has one of the greatest natural patrimonies in terms of biodiversity.
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