What does patrimonial mean?

patrimonial means "inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent".

How many syllables are in patrimonial?

patrimonial has 4 syllables: pat-ri-mo-nial. The stress falls on "pat". In IPA it is /ˈpætɹəˌmoʊnjəl/.

What is another word for patrimonial?

Close synonyms include ancestral, hereditary, transmissible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is patrimonial a common word?

patrimonial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

patrimonial — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
“ancestral home”
“ancestral lore”
“hereditary monarchy”
“patrimonial estate”
“transmissible tradition”
Synonymsancestral hereditary transmissible
Similarinheritable
law

Questions about patrimonial

What does patrimonial mean?: patrimonial means "inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent".
How many syllables are in patrimonial?: patrimonial has 4 syllables: pat-ri-mo-nial. The stress falls on "pat". In IPA it is /ˈpætɹəˌmoʊnjəl/.
What is another word for patrimonial?: Close synonyms include ancestral, hereditary, transmissible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is patrimonial a common word?: patrimonial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for patrimonial come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
“ancestral home”
“ancestral lore”
“hereditary monarchy”
“patrimonial estate”
“transmissible tradition”
Synonymsancestral hereditary transmissible
Similarinheritable
law

Questions about patrimonial

What does patrimonial mean?: patrimonial means "inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent".
How many syllables are in patrimonial?: patrimonial has 4 syllables: pat-ri-mo-nial. The stress falls on "pat". In IPA it is /ˈpætɹəˌmoʊnjəl/.
What is another word for patrimonial?: Close synonyms include ancestral, hereditary, transmissible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is patrimonial a common word?: patrimonial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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