What is the meaning of patrimonial?

adjective

  • Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent.
    • usage: "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
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