patrimony
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“The paintings are the patrimony of all Mexicans,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The disgraced former prince received the honour in 2012 "by virtue of patrimony", due to his father Prince Philip having been a Freeman.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
They will be relentless in protecting their patrimony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 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 above all else, he should abstain from seizing the property of others; for men forget the death of their father more quickly than the loss of their patrimony.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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
For the patrimonies which the Isaurian had confiscated, the Roman See was thus in another form compensated.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
It is this ignorance of the real value of money that squanders fortunes, and fritters away accumulated patrimonies so laboriously earned and saved in the frugal provinces.
From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile
Their only efforts are to increase their convents, taking away from the bishops the benefices and patrimonies which your Majesty has given them.
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