Definition of Heritage

1. Noun. Practices that are handed down from the past by tradition. "A heritage of freedom"

Generic synonyms: Practice

2. Noun. Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors. "The world's heritage of knowledge"
Exact synonyms: Inheritance
Generic synonyms: Attribute
Specialized synonyms: Birthright, Background, Birthright, Upbringing

3. Noun. That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner.
Exact synonyms: Inheritance
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Transferred Possession, Transferred Property
Specialized synonyms: Primogeniture, Borough English, Accretion, Bequest, Legacy, Birthright, Patrimony, Devise, Heirloom
Terms within: Heirloom

4. Noun. Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property.
Exact synonyms: Inheritance
Generic synonyms: Acquisition
Derivative terms: Inherit

Definition of Heritage

1. a. That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.

Definition of Heritage

1. something that is inherited [n -S]

Medical Definition of Heritage

1. 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. A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. (Joel III. 2) (1 Peter v. 3) Origin: OE. Heritage, eritage, OF. Heritage, eritage, F. Heritage, fr. Heriter to inherit, LL. Heriditare. See Hereditable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heritage

Hering's theory of colour vision
Hering-Breuer reflex
heriot
heriot
heriots
herisse
herisson
herissons
heritabilities
heritability
heritability
heritable
heritable
heritably
heritage (current term)
heritage (current term)
heritages
Heritiera
Heritiera littoralis
Heritiera macrophylla
Heritiera trifoliolata
heritor
heritors
heritrices
heritrix
heritrixes
herl
herl
herling
herlings

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