heirdom

English

Etymology

From heir +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹdəm/

Noun

heirdom (countable and uncountable, plural heirdoms)

1. An inheritance or succession.
   • 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:

     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