Heirdom

//ˈɛəɹdəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inheritance or succession. countable, uncountable

    "The fever’d diadem on my brow I claim’d and won usurpingly —— Hath not the same fierce heirdom given Rome to the Caesar — this to me?"

Example

More examples

"The fever’d diadem on my brow I claim’d and won usurpingly —— Hath not the same fierce heirdom given Rome to the Caesar — this to me?"

Etymology

From heir + -dom.

Related phrases

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