Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heritage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Heritage \Her"it*age\, a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage,
eritage, F. h['e]ritage, fr. h['e]riter to inherit, LL.
heriditare. See {Hereditable}.]
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. (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen
people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. --Joel iii.
2. --1 Peter v. 3.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
heritage
n 1: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;
"a heritage of freedom"
2: any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited
from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's
blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge" [syn: {inheritance}]
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}]
4: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
[syn: {inheritance}]
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