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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. something that has been in a family for generations Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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. Source: webster
  5. 5. Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law orspecial custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; anypiece of personal property that has been in a family for severalgenerations.Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored heirlooms of hisancestors. Moir. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n:100 n. (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance n. something that has been in a family for generations Source: ecdict

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