Heirdom
//ˈɛəɹdəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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.
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