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say it: PA-truh-moh-nyuhl
patrimonial is an adjective meaning "inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent". It is pronounced /ˈpætɹəˌmoʊnjəl/ — PA-truh-moh-nyuhl. It carries one recorded sense.
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
“ancestral home”
“ancestral lore”
“hereditary monarchy”
“patrimonial estate”
“transmissible tradition”
law
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.