Meaning

noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

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

noun (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

originInherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.

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