About The Word Heirloom
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Heirloom
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What's The Definition Of Heirloom?
[n] something that has been in a family for generations
[n] (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance Synonyms | Synonyms for Heirloom: Related Terms | Find terms related to Heirloom: bequeathal | bequest | birthright | borough-English | coheirship | coparcenary | entail | gavelkind | heirship | hereditament | heritable | heritage | heritance | incorporeal hereditament | inheritance | law of succession | legacy | line of succession | mode of succession | patrimony | postremogeniture | primogeniture | reversion | succession | ultimogeniture See Also | belongings | heritage | holding | inheritance | material possession | property Heirloom In Webster's Dictionary \Heir"loom`\, n. [Heir + loom, in its earlier sense of
implement, tool. See {Loom} the frame.]
Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or
special custom descends to the heir along with the
inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in
a family for several generations.
Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored
heirlooms of his ancestors. --Moir.
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