Any special privilege accorded a firstborn

• patrimony

  1. Property inherited from one's father or ancestors
  2. An endowment or estate belonging to an institution, especially a church.
  3. An inheritance or legacy; heritage.

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  1. Property inherited from one's father or ancestors
  2. An endowment or estate belonging to an institution, especially a church.
  3. An inheritance or legacy; heritage.

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• legacy

  1. Money or property given to another by will.
  2. An individual who is either an applicant to an educational institution or a matriculated student and is the child of an alumna or alumnus.
  3. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past:

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  1. Money or property given to another by will.
  2. An individual who is either an applicant to an educational institution or a matriculated student and is the child of an alumna or alumnus.
  3. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past:

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• heritage

  1. Something handed down from one's ancestors or the past, as a characteristic, a culture, tradition, etc.
  2. A domesticated animal or a crop of a traditional breed, usually not widely produced for commercial purposes.
  3. The status acquired by a person through birth; a birthright:

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  1. Something handed down from one's ancestors or the past, as a characteristic, a culture, tradition, etc.
  2. A domesticated animal or a crop of a traditional breed, usually not widely produced for commercial purposes.
  3. The status acquired by a person through birth; a birthright:

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• birthright

  1. A right, possession, or privilege that is one's due by birth.
  2. Something owed since birth, due to inheritance.
  3. A right or the rights that a person has because of being born in a certain family, nation, etc.

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  1. A right, possession, or privilege that is one's due by birth.
  2. Something owed since birth, due to inheritance.
  3. A right or the rights that a person has because of being born in a certain family, nation, etc.

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Something immaterial, as a style or philosophy, that is passed from one generation to another

• tradition

  1. A long-established custom or practice having the effect of precedent or unwritten law
  2. A set of such customs and usages viewed as a coherent body of precedents influencing the present:
  3. The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication:

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  1. A long-established custom or practice having the effect of precedent or unwritten law
  2. A set of such customs and usages viewed as a coherent body of precedents influencing the present:
  3. The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication:

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• legacy

  1. An individual who is either an applicant to an educational institution or a matriculated student and is the child of an alumna or alumnus.
  2. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past:
  3. Money or property given to another by will.

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  1. An individual who is either an applicant to an educational institution or a matriculated student and is the child of an alumna or alumnus.
  2. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past:
  3. Money or property given to another by will.

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• heritage

  1. A domesticated animal or a crop of a traditional breed, usually not widely produced for commercial purposes.
  2. The status acquired by a person through birth; a birthright:
  3. Something handed down from one's ancestors or the past, as a characteristic, a culture, tradition, etc.

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  1. A domesticated animal or a crop of a traditional breed, usually not widely produced for commercial purposes.
  2. The status acquired by a person through birth; a birthright:
  3. Something handed down from one's ancestors or the past, as a characteristic, a culture, tradition, etc.

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