patrimony
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And even when it is offered, most refuse it as they see accepting it as giving recognition and legitimacy to the loss of what they see as their patrimony.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“The paintings are the patrimony of all Mexicans,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
They will be relentless in protecting their patrimony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 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
Each day you crowd this house like wolves to eat away my brave son’s patrimony.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
India and China placed their cultural patrimonies in lockdown, where they have stayed, with China now aggressively buying back art from abroad.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2011
Johnson's double vision makes him a formidable competitor and one of those rare sons who increase exponentially the patrimonies of their fathers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir Phelim O'Neill was one of those 'Irish gentlemen' who, by royal favour, were permitted to retain some portions of their ancient patrimonies.
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by James Godkin
Among these valuable innovations were the regulation of the revenues, the reduction of import and export duties, and the distribution of the realenzes or royal patrimonies.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
For the patrimonies which the Isaurian had confiscated, the Roman See was thus in another form compensated.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies
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