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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 1.6 [wn]:
heritage
n 1: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;
"a heritage of freedom"
2: any attribute that passes from parent to offspring [syn: {inheritance}]
3: a title or property that is inherited [syn: {inheritance}]
4: any acquisition from past generations [syn: {inheritance}]
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