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
Heritage (plural Heritages)
A surname.
• 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.
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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
