patrimony.

Property or a valuable cultural legacy passed down from earlier generations.

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Words that belong together

• family patrimony
• cultural patrimony

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The archive was treated as part of the city's patrimony, not as saleable stock.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular patrimony; plural patrimonies. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon.