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 →

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 →
• The young man lost his patrimony in cards. tree →
• The land was his father's patrimony. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «patrimony» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.