'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