HERITAGE

inheritance, heritage

(noun) hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

inheritance, heritage

(noun) any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; “my only inheritance was my mother’s blessing”; “the world’s heritage of knowledge”

heritage

(noun) practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; “a heritage of freedom”

inheritance, heritage

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Heritage (plural Heritages)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heritage is the 22791st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1124 individuals. Heritage is most common among White (92.17%) individuals.

Etymology

Noun

heritage (countable and uncountable, plural heritages)

An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.

(attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

Source: Wiktionary


Her"it*age, a. Etym: [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage, eritage, F. héritage, fr. hériter 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.)

Definition: A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. Joel iii. 2. 1 Peter v. 3.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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