patrimony

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

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

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

Many of them do better, and to dress as Officers have contracted heavy debts or spent their patrimonies.

From George Washington by William Roscoe Thayer

The loss of the patrimonies in Southern Italy established a claim on the Norman conquerors, and they became papal vassals for the kingdom of Sicily.

From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

I have already devoured several patrimonies, and my appetite is still good.

From Vautrin by Honoré de Balzac