The phrase "a patrimony" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an inheritance or legacy, particularly in the context of cultural or historical heritage.
Example: "The ancient ruins are considered a patrimony of the nation, reflecting its rich history and cultural identity."
Alternatives: "an inheritance" or "a legacy".
"This is a patrimony of the Mexican people," he added.
His son and successor, Aḥmadu Seku, inherited a patrimony disturbed by inner conflicts and rival claims to power.
That is debatable, as many passionate advocates have lined up against surrendering a patrimony — green space — for another stadium.
"They are people who live, breathe and eat cinema, and the result is that they've built up a patrimony that continues to endure".
Rhodri's grandson, Hywel ap Cadell (Hywel Dda, "the Good"; died 950), starting from a patrimony in Seisyllwg, secured Dyfed by marriage, thereby creating the kingdom of Deheubarth.
"They bring an epic dimension that belongs to the great legends and erect a patrimony in a unique and inseparable whole".
The despised "jargon" was all at once removed from scorn & placed in a pantheon of high literary art, complete with a tradition, precursors, genres, a sense of historical development & uncompromising critical goals--a conscious patrimony that, only the day before, no one had dreamed was there... Tells about the Tevye stories & about"The Railroad Stories".
Landing in a trailer that he has parked with no legal authority in a forest at the edge of a fancy new housing development, he lays claim to a spiritual patrimony — a belief in the Englishman's right to live his life as he likes — that pits him against the rigid proprieties of the aspiring classes who have lost touch with the pagan beauty once abroad in the land.
Machaivelli's "state" remains a personal patrimony, a possession more in line with the medieval conception of dominium as the foundation of rule.
(A memoir, "Patrimony," had a 10-week run in 1991).
No longer a European patrimony, classical music is a polyglot business with a global audience.
