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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heirloom \Heir"loom'\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
heirloom
noun
1: (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
2: something that has been in a family for generations
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "heirloom": bequeathal, bequest, birthright, borough-English, coheirship, coparcenary, entail, gavelkind, heirship, hereditament, heritable, heritage, heritance, incorporeal hereditament, inheritance, law of succession, legacy, line of succession, mode of succession, patrimony, postremogeniture, primogeniture, reversion, succession, ultimogeniture
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