| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; |
| Adj. | 1. | patrimonial - inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" |
PATRIMONIAL. A thing, which comes from the father, and by extension, from the mother or other ancestor.
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