patrimony
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"Applications via patrimony are not considered or endorsed by our elected members, and there is no effective legal mechanism to remove this type of Freedom," the spokesperson added.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Michael Barry, a leading specialist in miniature art, said that people being deprived of their cultural patrimony was "the height of injustice".
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
But there’s no reason for this to be so, or for it to be a problem: Classic works are the patrimony of us all, whatever our politics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
And in 2009, the new constitution even recognized “ancestral coca as cultural patrimony, a renewable natural resource of Bolivia’s biodiversity, and as a factor of social cohesion.”
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025
The patrimony has never been proven one way or the other.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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It's All in the Family
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