heirdom

English

Etymology

heir +‎ -dom

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹdəm/

Noun

heirdom (countable and uncountable, plural heirdoms)

An inheritance or succession.
- 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, Tamerlane:
  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?

Synonyms

(inheritance): inheritance, heirship

Anagrams

homerid

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