Meaning

noun practices that are handed down from the past by tradition

noun any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

noun that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

originFrom Middle English heritage, from Old French eritage, heritage (modern French héritage), ultimately derived (through suffixation) from Latin hērēs. By surface analysis, herit + -age.

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