patrimonial

[,pætrɪ'monɪəl]
  • adj. 祖传的,世袭的

英英释义


1. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent;
"ancestral home"
"ancestral lore"
"hereditary monarchy"
"patrimonial estate"
"transmissible tradition"

英文词源


patrimonial (adj.)
1520s, from Middle French patrimonial- and directly from Late Latin patrimonialis, from Latin patrimonium (see patrimony).