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Patrimonial

//ˌpætɹɪˈməʊni.əl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to patrimony. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Legally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors. not-comparable

    "[…] Cluffe, who had had two or three sharp little visits of his patrimonial gout […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent wordnet

Etymology

From patrimony + -al.

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