Thesaurus: heritage

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1. a. That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
2. a. A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge.
3. n. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
4. n. any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
5. n. that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
6. n. hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
7. 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.
8. A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, aflock under pastoral charge. Joel iii. 2.1 Peter v. 3.
9. n:100 n. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition