heritage

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noun

1. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition (Freq. 6)
- a heritage of freedom
• Hypernyms:
practice
2. any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors (Freq. 2)
- my only inheritance was my mother's blessing
- the world's heritage of knowledge
• Syn:
inheritance
• Hypernyms:
attribute
• Hyponyms:
birthright, background, upbringing
3. that which is inherited;
a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
• Syn:
inheritance
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
transferred property, transferred possession
• Hyponyms:
primogeniture, borough English, accretion, bequest, legacy,
birthright, patrimony, devise, heirloom
• Part Meronyms:
heirloom
4. hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
• Syn:
inheritance
• Derivationally related forms:
inherit (for: inheritance)
• Hypernyms:
acquisition