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Heirdom   Listen
noun
Heirdom  n.  The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.






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"Heirdom" Quotes from Famous Books



... drive Mr. Rhys out of her head. Mr. Carlisle was polished, educated, spirited, and had the great additional advantage of being a known and ascertained somebody; as he was in fact the heir of all the fine domain whose beauties they were admiring. And a beautiful heirdom it was. The way taken by the party led up the course of a valley which followed the windings of a small stream; its sides most romantic and woody in some places; in others taking the very mould of gentle beauty, and covered with rich grass, and sweet with broom; in others again, drawing ...
— The Old Helmet, Volume I • Susan Warner



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