patrimony
UK/'pætrɪməni/US/'pætrimәni/
GREC2
Definitions
n.
Property or estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
祖传财产，世袭遗产。
n.
Heritage handed down from the past, such as cultural patrimony.
（文化等）传承，遗产。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedpatri (father) + -mony (a state or condition) = what comes down from the father — inherited property. It widened beyond money and land to cultural patrimony, the heritage a people inherit from the past.
Root patr still carries 26 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.family patrimony家族遗产
- 2.cultural patrimony文化遗产
- 3.national patrimony国家遗产
Example Sentences
- 1.
He squandered the entire family patrimony within a year.
- 2.
These ruins are part of the nation's cultural patrimony.