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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
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
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.
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)