patrimonial : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: patrimonial	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for patrimonial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patrimonial adj inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" Synonym(s): ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Patrimonial \Pat`rimo"nial\, a. [L. patrimonialis: cf. F. patrimonial.] Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate.