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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent;
- Example: "ancestral home"
- Example: "ancestral lore"
- Example: "hereditary monarchy"
- Example: "patrimonial estate"
- Example: "transmissible tradition"
[syn: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Patrimonial \Pat`ri*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. patrimonialis: cf. F.
   patrimonial.]
   Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors;
   as, a patrimonial estate.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

patrimonial
    adj 1: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually
           legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral
           lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate";
           "transmissible tradition" [syn: ancestral,
           hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible]


Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

PATRIMONIAL. A thing, which comes from the father, and by extension, from
the mother or other ancestor.