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heritage
noun
Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
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ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ
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noun
Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
noun
Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
“My only inheritance was my mother's blessing”
noun
Practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
“A heritage of freedom”
noun
That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
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My only inheritance was my mother's blessing
The world's heritage of knowledge
A heritage of freedom
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