'Heirloom' definitions:
Definition of 'heirloom'
(from WordNet)
noun
(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
noun
Something that has been in a family for generations
Definition of 'Heirloom'
From: GCIDE
- Heirloom \Heir"loom`\, n. [Heir + loom, in its earlier sense of implement, tool. See Loom the frame.] Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations. [1913 Webster]
- Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored heirlooms of his ancestors. --Moir. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heirloom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bequeathal,
- bequest,
- birthright,
- borough-English,
- coheirship,
- coparcenary,
- entail,
- gavelkind,
- heirship,
- hereditament,
- heritable,
- heritage,
- heritance,
- incorporeal hereditament,
- inheritance,
- law of succession,
- legacy,
- line of succession,
- mode of succession,
- patrimony,
- postremogeniture,
- primogeniture,
- reversion,
- succession,
- ultimogeniture