Property or other legal entitlements inherited from (or through) one's father, especially if it has been handed down through generations in the same family, birthright.

Neopatrimonialism is a term used for patrons using state resources in order to secure the loyalty of clients in the general population, and is indicative of informal patron-client relationships that can reach from the very high up in state structures...

Patrimonialism is a term originated by Max Weber. He used it to describe a system of rule based on administrative and military personnel, who were responsible only to the ruler. Nathan Quimpo[1] defines patrimonialism as "a type of rule in which the...

Patrimony of affectation

Patrimony: A True Story, a non-fiction memoir by American novelist Philip Roth

Patrimony (novel), a science fiction novel by Alan Dean Foster

Family patrimony

The sum total of all personal and real entitlements, including movable and immovable property, belonging to a real person or a moral person.

The Patrimony of St. Peter, a mediæval state in Italy, ruled by the Pope; see Papal States and Patrimonium Sancti Petri

A qualification for certain awards, honors, or privileges — such as the Freedom of the City of London