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2 definitions found 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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