patrimonial UK /ˌpætɹɪˈməʊni.əl/US /ˌpætɹɪˈmoʊni.əl/ adjective2 •Of or pertaining to patrimony. •Legally (or otherwise) inherited from one or more ancestors.[…] Cluffe, who had had two or three sharp little visits of his patrimonial gout […] — 1863