patrimonialadj.
/ˌpatrᵻˈməʊnɪəl/, U.S. /ˌpætrəˈmoʊniəl/, /ˌpætrəˈmoʊnj(ə)l/ 1.
a. Of, relating to, or constituting a patrimony; inherited from ancestors, hereditary.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [adjective] > relating to inheritance
ancestral1463
patrimonial1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 320/1 Patrymonyall, belongyng to a mannes enherytaunce or patrymony, patrimonial.
1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 55v The Gentlemen in France possesse, in high, base, and meane iustice,..Principalities, and Peereships patrimoniall.
1640 Consid. touching Church of Eng. 17 Their Office is elective and for life, and not patrimoniall or hereditary.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) III. lxi. 550 Their patrimonial estates were mortgaged or sold.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xxiii. 344 He had purchased your ancient patrimonial property. View more context for this quotation
1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (xlvii. 21–2) 567 The surrender of their patrimonial rights.
1950 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 40 27 The patrimonial revenue, out of which the emperor paid the expenses of his large household.
1986 E. Leach Social Anthropol. (BNC) 191 Only the eldest son was allowed to marry with full Vedic rites... This limitation prevented the continuous fragmentation of the patrimonial estate.
2005 C. de Waal Albania Today iv. 48 In Mirdita families had reclaimed their patrimonial land.
b. Maritime Law. Designating an area of sea extending beyond the territorial waters of a coastal nation, the natural resources of which are the property of that nation though ships and aircraft of other nations have freedom of passage through or over it.
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adjective] > under specific jurisidiction
patrimonial1972
1972 Declar. of Santo Domingo 9 June in Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 66 918 The coastal State has sovereign rights over the renewable and non-renewable natural resources, which are found in the waters, in the seabed and in the subsoil of an area adjacent to the territorial sea called the patrimonial sea.
1973 Nature 14 Sept. 63/2 A number of developing nations took the stance..that patrimonial seas should be established that extend for 200 miles or to the outer edge of the continental shelf, whichever is the greater.
2000 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 9 Oct. a9 The Mexican navy patrols up to 200 nautical miles from the country's coast, an area regarded as its patrimonial waters.
2. Sociology. Based on or relating to patrimonialism or loyalty to an individual political leader.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific types or forms of
lowa1387
primitive1838
pre-revolution1860
metronymic1868
pre-feudal1870
prelogical1880
polyzoic1886
pre-agricultural1898
pre-civil1902
pre-feudalic1907
subcultural1909
protocultural1920
pre-independencea1922
apparented1934
sensate1937
patrimonial1946
non-literate1948
inner-directed1950
underground1953
pop-cultural1963
technopolitan1965
1946 H. H. Gerth & C. W. Mills tr. M. Weber in From Max Weber (1947) xi. 297 As a rule, this meant that princely prerogatives became patrimonial in nature.
1968 World Politics 20 195 Patrimonial rulers..endeavour to maximize their personal control.
1989 Asian Surv. 29 289 Some refugees can expect to return to a coutryside where the older patrimonial political arrangements remain intact.
1998 Jrnl. Politics 60 940 Economic marginalization..may encourage dependence on government-sponsored or patrimonial guarantees of material security.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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