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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1630-1694
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Patrimonial(l, a. [e.m.E. patrymonyall, F. patrimonial, (both Palsgrave, 1530), L. patrimōniālis. In later Sc. law = pertaining to property or money, pecuniary.] a. Descending by inheritance, hereditary. b. Constituting part of the patrimony of a bishopric: cf. Mensal(l a. —a. a1633 Hope Major Pract. II. 2.
Temporall jurisdictiouns are either dative or praediall and patrimoniall —b. c1630 Id. Practicks 12.
And the kirks which are not patrimonial whereof the fruits and rents pertain not to the Bishop [etc.] 1681 Stair Inst. ii. viii. 27.
In mensal kirks … these [sc. benefice and full fruits] belong to the proper patrimony of prelates … and therefore are called patrimonial or mensal 1683 Martine Reliq. Divi Andreae 54 (see Mensal(l a.). 1661-88 Lauder Notices Affairs II. 809. 1694 Fountainhall Decis. I. 603 (see Patronat(e a.).
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