1) Del Rey book 2) Endowment 3) Endowment fund 4) French word used in English 1) Estate 
inheritance from father or ancestors
• (n.) Formerly, a church estate or endowment. • (n.) A right or estate inherited from one`s father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor.
Pat'ri·mo·ny noun ; plural Patrimonies . [ Latin patrimonium , from pater father: confer French patrimoine . See Paternal .] 1. A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. ''Reave the orphan of his pa...
[n] - a church endowment
patrimony 1. Property inherited from one’s father or ancestors. 2. Property endowed to an institution, as a church. 3. Anything inherited, as a trait or character.
[Ivanhoe] an estate inherited from one's father or other ancestor
an inheritance coming by right of birth