Definitions for: Heritage

[n] hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
[n] any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
[n] practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"
[n] that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

Webster (1913) Definition: Her"it*age, a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage,
eritage, F. h['e]ritage, fr. h['e]riter to inherit, LL.
heriditare. See Hereditable.]
1. That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir;
inheritance.

Part of my heritage, Which my dead father did
bequeath to me. --Shak.

2. (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen
people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. --Joel iii.
2. --1 Peter v. 3.

Synonyms: inheritance, inheritance, inheritance

See Also: accretion, acquisition, attribute, background, bequest, birthright, birthright, borough English, devise, heirloom, legacy, patrimony, practice, primogeniture, transferred possession, transferred property, upbringing

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