单词 | patrimonial |
释义 | patrimonial (once / 25310 pages) adj WORD FAMILY patrimonial: patrimonially+/patrimony: patrimonial, patrimonies USAGE EXAMPLESHe argues that we are seeing the revival of a 'patrimonial class'. Nature(Sep 20, 2016) For a country founded in large part as an antithesis to Europe’s patrimonial societies, it’s a rude awakening. Salon(Apr 23, 2016) The system, he adds, is autocratic, paternalistic, and patrimonial. BBC(Feb 18, 2015) adj inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent patrimonial estate Syn ancestral, hereditary, transmissible heritable, inheritable capable of being inherited |
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