| Patrimony 1. (n.) A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. 2. (n.) Formerly, a church estate or endowment. Thesaurus Entries bequeathal, bequest, birthright, borough-English, coheirship, coparcenary, entail, gavelkind, heirloom, heirship, hereditament, heritable, heritage, heritance, incorporeal hereditament, inheritance, law of succession, legacy, line of succession, mode of succession, postremogeniture, primogeniture, reversion, succession, ultimogeniture |