patrimony

Example Sentences

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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

And in 2009, the new constitution even recognized “ancestral coca as cultural patrimony, a renewable natural resource of Bolivia’s biodiversity, and as a factor of social cohesion.”

From Salon

Officials declined to say how much the initiative cost, but the actual replica was made by the Factum Foundation, a Madrid-based non-profit that creates high-resolution digital replicas of the world’s cultural patrimony.

From Seattle Times

While acknowledging activists’ right to protest, he said they must “respect the law and our cultural and religious patrimony.”

From Washington Times

He soon transferred control of many of the resources to private industry, restoring what he regarded as a proper balance to the nation’s patrimony.

From New York Times