patrimonial
- adjective
- /ˌpætrɪˈmoʊniəl/
- Specialized
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patrimonial
- The family's wealth was largely attributed to their patrimonial estate handed down through generations.
- patrimonial rule
- patrimonial system
- patrimonial regimes
Examples
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The laws ensure that the patrimonial rights of all descendants are respected during inheritance disputes.
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In many cultures, a patrimonial system allows family properties to be inherited by the eldest son.
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On the other hand, they no longer accept the patrimonial politics of their sending countries once they experience the U.S. political system.
Academic text (1999) -
... it is the rural majority who stand at the base of the patrimonial system in two senses.
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In such patrimonial systems, a person rules through personal power and prestige.
Academic text (1999) -
To satisfy these needs requires specific residential, matrimonial, patrimonial, and political strategies.
Academic text (1992) -
The result would be a stronger state, rid of patrimonial interests and endowed with a strategic sense for retooling the economy.
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Arab and Islamic leadership are patrimonial, coercive, and authoritarian.
Academic text (2007) -
African regimes have typically relied upon patrimonial forms of state consolidation and governance.
Academic text (1992) -
In Nicaragua, for instance, the bipartisan pact is considered a patrimonial channel to distribute jobs and privileges.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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5.5
Related to family members from earlier generations
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5.4
A right or title a family gives to their children by law
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5.8
A feature that passes from parents to children, for example eye color and family titles
Able to be passed on to the next generation by inheritance
Can be legally passed to later family members
Older family members give things like clothes or recipes to younger ones
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word patrimonial comes from the Latin pater meaning 'father' and the old word patrimonium meaning 'father's property'. So, like paternity or patriarch, it points to family and means things that are 'passed down' or inherited by family rules.