heirdomn.
/ˈɛːdəm/, U.S. /ˈɛrdəm/ Succession by right of blood; the state or dignity of an heir; inheritance; an inheritance.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > heir > position of
heritance1422
heirship1478
hereditament1510
heirdom1598
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iii. 23 Or if..Thy wealthy heyre dome thou haue buried.
1645 R. Overton Sacred Decretall 13 [We] wisely converted the purchase of their blood..even to the heirdome of Sir Johns.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 30 Whether the heir per capita gave way when the heirdom per stirpes took place, or the Catholic heir when the Protestant was preferred. View more context for this quotation
1831 ‘P. Palette’ Crayons from Commons 103 That Duke, the foremost of his peers Who draws his heirdom from a thousand years.
1841 H. W. Longfellow Children Lord's Supper 125 To the heirdom of heaven be ye welcome.
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