family possession handed down from generation to generation
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Heirloom Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAny 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.
Noun
1. (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
(hypernym) property, belongings, holding, material possession
(part-holonym) inheritance, heritage
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. something that has been in a family for generations
(hypernym) inheritance, heritage
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Heirloom Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
Heirloom, Blended Scotch Whisky
By: Rutherford & Kay (Edinburgh, Scotland)
By: Rutherford & Kay (Edinburgh, Scotland)
MacPherson's Heirloom 10 YO, De Luxe Blended Scotch Whisky
By: John E. MacPherson & Sons Ltd. (Edinburgh, Scotland)
By: John E. MacPherson & Sons Ltd. (Edinburgh, Scotland)
