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# patrimony

«patrimony» in Mova's school dictionary: **the money, land or goods handed down to someone by their…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (patrimony, no plural) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

Patrimony is the money, land or goods handed down to someone by their father or family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrimony/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a family's inheritance, which a careless son can waste away

### examples

- He spent all his patrimony on parties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrimony/#x1)
- The young man lost his patrimony in cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrimony/#x2)
- The land was his father's patrimony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrimony/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; it names an inheritance with no count given.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «patrimony» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patrimony/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.