Patrimony

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Patrimony may refer to:

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

• 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

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

• Patrimony of affectation

• Family patrimony

• National patrimony, the store of wealth or accumulated reserves of a national economy

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

• Patrimony (novel), science fiction novel by Alan Dean Foster.