patrimony

“The paintings are the patrimony of all Mexicans,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

"Applications via patrimony are not considered or endorsed by our elected members, and there is no effective legal mechanism to remove this type of Freedom," the spokesperson added.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

Michael Barry, a leading specialist in miniature art, said that people being deprived of their cultural patrimony was "the height of injustice".

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

But there’s no reason for this to be so, or for it to be a problem: Classic works are the patrimony of us all, whatever our politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Their readers’ reward consists of partaking in—and, if they themselves write, helping to preserve—this rich patrimony.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

India and China placed their cultural patrimonies in lockdown, where they have stayed, with China now aggressively buying back art from abroad.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2011

Johnson's double vision makes him a formidable competitor and one of those rare sons who increase exponentially the patrimonies of their fathers.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is strange how we men love another who has shared and spent with us our late patrimonies.

From Arms and the Woman by Harold MacGrath

The law of 1889 makes exception in the case of rural patrimonies of moderate size with dwelling attached, where the father has the right to designate his heir.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Alexander F. Chamberlain

Men who have hitherto accepted their religious convictions in much the same way as they had succeeded to their patrimonies are compelled by this tide of opposition to think and study for themselves.

From Elizabethan Demonology by Thomas Alfred Spalding