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cultural patrimony

cultural patrimony noun: objects possessing continuing cultural, traditional, or historical importance to the heritage of a group, particularly those considered inalienable by the group as of the time the objects had been separated from the group or from the historical setting of the objects.

Noun

cultural patrimony (countable and uncountable, plural cultural patrimonies)

  1. Objects possessing continuing cultural, traditional, or historical importance to the heritage of a group, particularly those considered inalienable by the group as of the time the objects had been separated from the group or from the historical setting of the objects.
    • For the New Party, the Palace Museum protests were a triumph....And by consistently calling the Palace collection "the Chinese cultural patrimony," New Party leaders and other protesters were able to rally the sympathy of a surprisingly large population that identified such material as key to...1996, Andrew Solomon, The New York Times, Don't Mess With Our Cultural Patrimony!
    • Considered even more broadly, the historical background of pillage is also directly relevant to the current state of a country's cultural heritage and thus should be an integral part of the deliberations of the CPAC [Cultural Property Advisory Committee], especially in determining whether the...2000, Archaeological Institute of America, UNESCO Convention Under Fire

Forms of cultural patrimony

pluralcultural patrimonies

Questions about cultural patrimony

What does cultural patrimony mean?
Cultural patrimony means objects possessing continuing cultural, traditional, or historical importance to the heritage of a group, particularly those considered inalienable by the group as of the time the objects had been separated from the group or from the historical setting of the objects.
What part of speech is cultural patrimony?
Cultural patrimony is a noun.
What is the plural of cultural patrimony?
The plural of cultural patrimony is cultural patrimonies.

Words near cultural patrimony in the dictionary

  1. cultural Marxist
  2. cultural Marxists
  3. cultural mosaic
  4. cultural mosaics
  5. cultural patrimonies
  6. cultural patrimony
  7. cultural pessimism
  8. cultural phylogenetics
  9. cultural practitioner
  10. cultural practitioners
  11. Cultural Revolution

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