heirdom means an inheritance or succession. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
heirdom is pronounced /ˈɛəɹdəm/.
Etymology
From heir + -dom.
noun
- An inheritance or succession.“The fever’d diadem on my brow
I claim’d and won usurpingly ——
Hath not the same fierce heirdom given
Rome to the Caesar — this to me?”