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heritage

/ heritage /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
"a heritage of freedom"
Type of:
practice
noun Sense 2
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
Type of:
acquisition
Derived:
inherit come into
noun Sense 3
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
"my only inheritance was my mother''s blessing"
"the world''s heritage of knowledge"
Type of:
attribute
Kinds of:
birthright background upbringing
noun Sense 4
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
Type of:
transferred property transferred possession
Kinds of:
primogeniture borough English accretion bequest legacy
Domain:
law jurisprudence
Semantic Complexity
76%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
2
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practice acquisition attribute birthright background upbringing transferred property transferred possession primogeniture borough English accretion bequest