heirdom

[ air-duhm ]

noun

1. heirship; inheritance.

heirdom

/ ˈɛədəm /

noun

1. property law succession by right of blood; inheritance

Word History and Origins

Origin of heirdom¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; heir + -dom

Example Sentences

There, our lily shall grow stately Though ye answer not a word, And her fragrance shall be scornful of your silence: While your throne ascending calmly We, in heirdom of your soul, Flash the river, lift the palm-tree, The dilated ocean roll, By the thoughts that throbbed within you, round the islands.

From Project Gutenberg

Er´be, n., inheritance, heirdom. erblei´chen, to grow or to turn pale. erbli´cken, to see, to perceive.

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And a beautiful heirdom it was.

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It became a matter of doubt whether the heir per capita or the heir per stirpes was to succeed; but whether the heir per capita gave way when the heirdom per stirpes took place, or the Catholic heir when the Protestant was preferred, the inheritable principle survived with a sort of immortality through all transmigrations,— Multosque per annos Stat fortuna domûs, et avi numerantur avorum.

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Sir Harper did send me a large fish from Lake Okeboji to-day, which the same did I and my heirdom devour triumphantly this very evening.

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