patrimony

• n.遺産；先祖代々の財産；（形質や性格などの）相続財産；教会の財産

patri-、父、-mony、名詞の接尾辞。語源 patrimony, patrimony, patrimony.

patrimony

patrimony: see patron

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.

1. In the 1930 's，The National Trust began its campaign to save Britain 's patrimony of threatened country houses.

1930年代、全国名所旧跡信託協会は、英国が脅威にさらされている文化財級の田舎屋敷を救うために動き出した。

2.I left my parents 'house，relinquished my estate and my patrimony .

私は両親の家を出て、私の不動産と祖先の財産を放棄しました。

3.They maintained a superior legal position and imposed traditional notions of patrimony .

男性は法令上の優位性を持ち、家業を継ぐ伝統的な考え方があることから利益を得ている。

4.Gambling has come to the rescue of China 's cultural patrimony .

ギャンブルで中国の文化遺産を救うことができました。

5.His grandfather left the patrimony to him.

彼の祖父は先祖伝来の財物を彼に残した。