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• Patrimony

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• Patriot act

  noun a U.S. law enacted in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which gave law-enforcement officials greater ability to tap telephones and track Internet users; also called [The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001] Examples 2001 signed into law Oct. 26, 2001; […]

• Patriotically

  [pey-tree-ot-ik or, esp. British, pa-] /ˌpeɪ triˈɒt ɪk or, esp. British, ˌpæ-/ adjective 1. of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a . 2. expressing or inspired by : a patriotic ode. adj. 1650s, “of one’s own country,” from French patriotique or directly from Late Latin patrioticus, from Greek patriotikos, from patriotes (see patriot). Meaning […]

• Patriotic front

  noun a militant nationalist political group

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