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patrimony

/pa-truh-moh-nee/US // ˈpæ trəˌmoʊ ni //UK // (ˈpætrɪmənɪ) //

家产,家底,遗产,祖传

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pat·ri·mo·nies.

    • : an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
    • : any quality, characteristic, etc., that is inherited; heritage.
    • : the aggregate of one's property.
    • : the estate or endowment of a church, religious house, etc.

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Examples

  • She revealed her patrimony after Thurmond died; his family later acknowledged the relationship.

  • Paeans to patrimony and to the sanctity of land are good at rallying the faithful not only for Jews, but also Arabs.

  • They apply and lobby for inclusion of their particular patrimony.

  • All England hath paid his taxes with my patrimony: I was a sheep that left my wool on every briar.

  • In his early years he dissipated almost all his patrimony in libertinism and debauchery.

  • Nanni di Banco, Vasari tells us, was a man who "inherited a competent patrimony, and one by no means of inferior condition."

  • His illusions were those natural to all young men who suddenly come into possession of a patrimony after years of privation.

  • Those who wasted their patrimony, forfeited their right of being buried in the sepulchres of their fathers.