"heritage" in the noun sense
1. heritage
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
"a heritage of freedom"
2. inheritance, heritage
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
"my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"
"the world's heritage of knowledge"
3. inheritance, heritage
that which is inherited a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
4. inheritance, heritage
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
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