heirdom

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heirdom

/ˈɛəɹdəm/

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From heir + -dom.

noun heirdoms

countable, uncountable An inheritance or succession. The fever’d diadem on my brow I claim’d and won usurpingly —— Hath not the same fierce heirdom given Rome to the Caesar — this to me?
Similar: inheritance, heirship

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@misc{heirdom_2026,
  title = {heirdom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heirdom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}