heirloom
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noun
1.
a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
2.
Law. property neither personal nor real that descends to the heir of an estate as part of the real property.
adjective
3.
being an old variety that is being cultivated again: heirloom vegetables and fruits.
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| 1. | an object that has been in a family for generations |
| 2. | property law a chattel inherited by special custom or in accordance with the terms of a will |
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Heirloom
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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heirloom
an item of personal property that by immemorial usage is regarded as annexed by inheritance to a family estate. The owner of such an heirloom may dispose of it during his lifetime, but he cannot bequeath it by will away from the estate. If he dies intestate (without a will), the object goes to his heir at law; otherwise it goes to whoever takes the estate under his will. Such heirlooms are now almost unknown, but the word has acquired a secondary and popular meaning of items of special, endearing value, such as furniture or pictures, handed down from one generation to the next.
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Example sentences
Purchase antique rings or use heirloom rings if possible.
We sit at the bar overlooking the brick oven, separated from the kitchen by a wall of heirloom tomatoes.
Fruitcake is the only food durable enough to become a family heirloom.
Healthy-looking people were sampling local hams, heirloom tomatoes and raw-milk cheeses.
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