patrimony
Inherited family estate
Patrimony is property or wealth inherited from one's father or male ancestors.
By extension, it refers to any inheritance or legacy passed down through generations, whether tangible assets like land and money or intangible ones like cultural traditions and values.
The word often appears in discussions of heritage preservation: The ancient temples are part of our national patrimony.
A related term, patrimonial, describes things relating to or inherited from ancestors.
Those from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
progenitors · genealogy · descent · pedigree · forefathers · clan · dynasty · house
Gift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- heirOne who receives legacy
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- probateWill validation proceedings
beneficiary · executor · testament · succession · primogeniture · entailment · intestate · devise
Property and grounds
- assetsOwned items of value
- holdingsProperty one owns
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- propertySomething owned or inherent
land · riches · capital · resources · endowment · trust fund · real estate · investments
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
heirlooms · monuments · relics · archives · preservation · conservation · ancestral home · heritage sites
Reserved money supply
- bequestGift left by will
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- grantBestow or award money
trust · philanthropy · scholarship · fellowship · patronage · stipend · provision · charity
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
bloodline · progenitors · genealogy · descent · pedigree · forefathers · clan · dynasty · house · kindred
bequest
Gift left by will
probate · beneficiary · executor · testament · succession · primogeniture · entailment · intestate · devise · bequeath
estate
Property and grounds
property · land · riches · capital · resources · endowment · trust fund · real estate · investments · net worth
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
artifacts · heirlooms · monuments · relics · archives · preservation · conservation · ancestral home · heritage sites · antiquities
fund
Reserved money supply
- bequestGift left by will
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
grant · trust · philanthropy · scholarship · fellowship · patronage · stipend · provision · charity · gift
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
- legacybequest, heirloom, heritage, tradition, traditions
- inheritanceinheritances, heir, heirs, heiress, bequest
- paternal lineagepaternal line, patrilineage, male line, patriarch, paterfamilias
- Quebec lawnotaries, notary, advocates, obligations, servitudes
- Jewish Inheritancebirthright, double portion, firstborn, heirs, heirship