'Patrimonial' definitions:
Definition of 'patrimonial'
From: WordNet
adjective
Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" [syn: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible]
Definition of 'Patrimonial'
From: GCIDE
- Patrimonial \Pat`ri*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. patrimonialis: cf. F. patrimonial.] Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate. [1913 Webster]