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Definitions for: Heirloom [n] something that has been in a family for generations
[n] (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
Webster (1913) Definition: Heir"loom`, n. [Heir + loom, in its earlier sense of
implement, tool. See Loom the frame.]
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.
Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored
heirlooms of his ancestors. --Moir.
See Also: belongings, heritage, holding, inheritance, material possession, property
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