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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
Francis of Assisi

Meaning of "patrimony" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PATRIMONY

Patrimoyne, from Old French, from Latin patrimonium paternal inheritance.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PATRIMONY

patrimony  [ˈpætrɪmənɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PATRIMONY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Patrimony is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PATRIMONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of patrimony in the English dictionary

The definition of patrimony in the dictionary is an inheritance from one's father or other ancestor. Other definition of patrimony is the endowment of a church.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PATRIMONY


acrimony
ˈækrɪmənɪ
agrimony
ˈæɡrɪmənɪ
alimony
ˈælɪmənɪ
anemone
əˈnɛmənɪ
antimony
ˈæntɪmənɪ
ceremony
ˈsɛrɪmənɪ
Chamonix
ˈʃæmənɪ
Germany
ˈdʒɜːmənɪ
harmony
ˈhɑːmənɪ
hegemony
hɪˈɡɛmənɪ
matrimony
ˈmætrɪmənɪ
palimony
ˈpælɪmənɪ
parsimony
ˈpɑːsɪmənɪ
querimony
ˈkwerɪmənɪ
Romani
ˈrɒmənɪ
Romany
ˈrɒmənɪ
sanctimony
ˈsæŋktɪmənɪ
simony
ˈsaɪmənɪ
testimony
ˈtɛstɪmənɪ
Yemeni
ˈjɛmənɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PATRIMONY

patrilineal
patrilineally
patrilinear
patrilinearly
patriliny
patrilocal
patrilocally
patrimonial
patrimonially
patrimonies
patriot
patriotic
Patriotic Front
patriotically
patriotism
patristic
patristical
patristically
patristicism
patristics

WORDS THAT END LIKE PATRIMONY

accrued alimony
award ceremony
awards ceremony
cinnamony
close harmony
disharmony
four-part harmony
graduation ceremony
hemp agrimony
holy matrimony
induction ceremony
inharmony
launching ceremony
marriage ceremony
mony
New Harmony
opening ceremony
Oscars ceremony
stand on ceremony
without ceremony

Synonyms and antonyms of patrimony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PATRIMONY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «patrimony» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of patrimony

Translation of «patrimony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PATRIMONY

Find out the translation of patrimony to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of patrimony from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «patrimony» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

遗产
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

patrimonio
570 millions of speakers

English

patrimony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विरासत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التراث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вотчина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

patrimônio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তরাধিকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

patrimoine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Warisan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

伝承
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세습
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wewenang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gia sản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வம்சம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्रीमंती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

babadan kalma miras
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

patrimonio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dziedzictwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вотчина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patrimoniu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κληρονομιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

erfenis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

farsarv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of patrimony

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PATRIMONY»

The term «patrimony» is regularly used and occupies the 82.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PATRIMONY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «patrimony» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «patrimony» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about patrimony

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2 QUOTES WITH «PATRIMONY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word patrimony.
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Francis of Assisi
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
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Isaac D'Israeli
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATRIMONY»

Discover the use of patrimony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to patrimony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Patrimony: A True Story
Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly a anything Philip Roth has ever written.
Philip Roth, 2010
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Silvio Berlusconi: Television, Power and Patrimony
Silvio Berlusconi, a self-made man with a taste for luxurious living, owner of a huge television empire and the politician who likened a German MEP to a Nazi concentration camp guard—small wonder that much of democratic Europe and America ...
Paul Ginsborg, 2005
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Patrimony
"I know who your father is.
Alan Dean Foster, 2012
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In Fairness to Future Generations: International Law, Common ...
She makes the impossible possible. Louis B. Sohn, Woodruff Professor of International Law
Edith Brown Welss, 1989
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Patrimony: A True Story
Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly a anything Philip Roth has ever written.
Philip Roth, 1992
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Not Ours Alone: Patrimony, Value, and Collectivity in ...
Elizabeth Ferry explores how members of the Santa Fe Cooperative, a silver mine in Mexico, give meaning to their labor in an era of rampant globalization.
Elizabeth Emma Ferry, 2013
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Prairie Patrimony: Family, Farming, and Community in the Midwest
Prairie Patrimony consolidates, refines, advances and grounds recent scholarship that challenges familiar platitudes about family farming and rural life in the United States.
Sonya Salamon, 1995
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Genealogies of Al-Andalus: Music and Patrimony in the Modern ...
Through a combination of archival and ethnographic research, I suggest that the circulatory patterns that have characterized this musical practice over the past hundred years gave rise to a patrimonial practice that is deeply ambiguous, ...
Jonathan Glasser, 2008
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Introduction to French Law
Patrimony or Estate (le patrimoine) All rights belonging to a person, whether real or personal, form part of that person's 'patrimony'or 'estate'(patrimoine), provided they have economic value. The theory of patrimony was established in the 19th ...
George A. Bermann, Etienne Picard, 2008
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Cultural Heritage and Development: A Framework for Action in ...
Bank policy and the patrimony's economic value. The Bank's policy toward CH rests on two cornerstones: the patrimony's economic value and its educational value. By definition, the patrimony represents a vast collection of cultural assets, but ...
‎2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATRIMONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term patrimony is used in the context of the following news items.
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State of our nation in 2015
The government has failed to protect our national patrimony from plunder by multinational mining companies or to secure our national territory ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
2
PDP Behind Petition That Nailed Saraki's Wife At The EFCC
... cooperation with the EFCC and all other relevant anti-graft agencies to ensure that all those who knowingly looted our collective patrimony, ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
3
Irate Nigerians React To Reuben Abati's 'Phones No Longer Ring …
Now you have finished feeding frenzy on our patrimony corruptly stashed at the “Residence”, you are back to unabashedly tell us tales of how ... «360Nobs.com, Jul 15»
4
Legal framework to protect the environment
... the constitutional power to safeguard the patrimony of the people to the legislature without limit must be considered a pernicious attack on the ... «The Manila Times, Jul 15»
5
Aquino seeks to define his administration's legacy. But what legacy?
... the local elite; untouched feudal relations in the countryside; auctioning of the national patrimony; and unabated environmental destruction. «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jul 15»
6
Morocco's Wine and Cuisine Conquering America
Pariente went on to add, “Morocco has a fabulous patrimony. Every trip there, I discover something new — a parcel of 90-year-old Carignane ... «Morocco World News, Jul 15»
7
Fighting Corruption Won't End Poverty By Ricardo Hausmann
Why shouldn't those currently in control of the state transform it into their patrimony, as in Venezuela, where, more than two years after former ... «Naija247news, Jul 15»
8
In search of a successful president
5: Guardian of the National Wealth, Patrimony and Law and. Order. The successful President ensures that the national wealth and resources ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
9
The IOC distributes over 90% of its revenues.
Launched in 2007, PAM thus enabled us to preserve this unique patrimony, preserving the IOC's multimedia historical archives, while adapting ... «Olympic, Jul 15»
10
A love affair with Morocco's wines and cuisine
"Morocco has a fabulous patrimony," Pariente says. "Every trip there, I discover something new — a parcel of 90-year-old Carignane on its own ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Patrimony [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/patrimony>. Apr 2024 ».
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