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HEIRLOOM

\ˈe͡əluːm], \ˈe‍əluːm], \ˈeə_l_uː_m]\

Definitions of HEIRLOOM

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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something that has been in a family for generations

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

something that has been in a family for generations

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Any personal property which through an estate descends to posterity.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Any piece of furniture or personal property which descends to the heir.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Piece of property which descends from heir to heir.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Any movable chattel, quality, etc., that descends by inheritance.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Any furniture or moveable decreed to descend by inheritance, and therefore inseparable from the freehold.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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