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Webster 1913 Edition
Heritage
Her′it-age
,Adj.
[OE.
heritage
, eritage
, OF. heritage
, eritage
, F. héritage
, fr. hériter
to inherit, LL. heriditare
. See Hereditable
.] 1.
That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
Part of my
Which my dead father did bequeath to me.
heritage
,Which my dead father did bequeath to me.
Shakespeare
2.
(Script.)
A possession; the Israelites, as God’s chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge.
Joel iii. 2.
1 Peter v. 3.
Webster 1828 Edition
Heritage
HER'ITAGE
, n.1.
Inheritance; an estate that passes from an ancestor to an heir by descent or course of law; that which is inherited. In Scot's law, it sometimes signifies immovable estate, in distinction from movable.2.
In Scripture, the saints or people of God are called his heritage, as being claimed by him, and the objects of his special care. 1 Pet.5.Definition 2024
heritage
heritage
See also: héritage
English
Alternative forms
- hæritage (archaic)
Noun
heritage (countable and uncountable, plural heritages)
- An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
- A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
- A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
- (attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
- The university requires heritage Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-heritage students.
Related terms
- See heir
Translations
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birthright
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