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patrimony

[pa-truh-moh-nee] / ˈpæ trəˌmoʊ ni /


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Add to this one that emerges from a different patrimony: the rise of Notre-Dame Cathedral from the ashes of a devastating fire, exactly as the people wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

“The paintings are the patrimony of all Mexicans,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

"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 above all else, he should abstain from seizing the property of others; for men forget the death of their father more quickly than the loss of their patrimony.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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

What are a few lordships, or the so-much-admired patrimonies of those who are styled wealthy?

From The Illustrated London Reading Book by Various

Men who have hitherto accepted their religious convictions in much the same way as they had succeeded to their patrimonies are compelled by this tide of opposition to think and study for themselves.

From Elizabethan Demonology by Thomas Alfred Spalding

At the first chance they will return, and thenceforth will cling to their patrimonies, however poor these be.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart


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