Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to patrimony.
- not comparableLegally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors.
[…] Cluffe, who had had two or three sharp little visits of his patrimonial gout […]
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard1 more example
The general evolution is clear: bubbles aside, what we are witnessing is a strong comeback of private capital in the rich countries since 1970, or, to put it another way, the emergence of a new patrimonial capitalism.
2017 [2013], Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Belknap Press, →ISBN, page 173
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveinherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishpatrimony
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishpatrimonial
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with patrimonial
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patrimonial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patrimonial
“patrimonial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patrimonial. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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