patrimony
patrimony 英 [ˈpætrɪməni] 美 [ˈpætrɪmoʊni]
n. 遗产；祖传的财物；继承物（特征、性格等）；教会的财产
名词复数:patrimonies
- Something that's handed down from your father is an example of patrimony, like your name or your antique dining room table.
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- n. 遗产；祖传的财物；继承物（特征、性格等）；教会的财产
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1. We give today to the National Institute of Culture a group of objects which belong to the cultural patrimony of all Peruvians.
今天，我们把一批文物移交给国家文化研究所，这是所有秘鲁人的文化遗产。
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2. Gambling has come to the rescue of China's cultural patrimony.
赌博来拯救中国的文化遗产了。
- patrimony (n.) mid-14c., "property of the Church," also "spiritual legacy of Christ," from Old French patremoine "heritage, patrimony" (12c.) and directly from Latin patrimonium "a paternal estate, inheritance from a father," also figurative, from pater (genitive patris) "father" (see father (n.)) + -monium, suffix signifying action, state, condition. Meaning "property inherited from a father or ancestors" is attested from late 14c. Figurative sense of "immaterial things handed down from the past" is from 1580s. A curious sense contrast to matrimony.
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