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heritage
[ her-i-tij ]
noun
- something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition:
a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage.
- something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth; an inherited lot or portion:
a heritage of poverty and suffering.
Synonyms: ,
- something reserved for one:
the heritage of the righteous.
- Law.
- something that has been or may be inherited by legal descent or succession.
- any property, especially land, that devolves by right of inheritance.
adjective
- noting or relating to a product, place, etc., that evokes a nostalgic sense of tradition or history:
visitors to a heritage site in the Middle East.
- noting or relating to an older, traditional breed of animal or plant: Compare heirloom ( def 3 ).
raising pure-breed heritage hogs.
heritage
/ ˈɛɪɪ /
noun
- something inherited at birth, such as personal characteristics, status, and possessions
- anything that has been transmitted from the past or handed down by tradition
- the evidence of the past, such as historical sites, buildings, and the unspoilt natural environment, considered collectively as the inheritance of present-day society
- ( as modifier; cap. as part of name )
Bannockburn Heritage Centre
- something that is reserved for a particular person or group or the outcome of an action, way of life, etc
the heritage of violence
the sea was their heritage
- law any property, esp land, that by law has descended or may descend to an heir
- Bible
- the Israelites regarded as belonging inalienably to God
- the land of Canaan regarded as God's gift to the Israelites
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of heritage1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Last September the UN's world heritage organisation, Unesco, warned of a "threat to culture" and urged art dealers not to import or export artefacts smuggled out of Sudan.
The judge added that she would be provided with "background" about her heritage and told what happened in her past.
That was the reward Yee, who has Chinese heritage on his father's side, recalls provided the main motivation to run - and twice place third in - the Mini London Marathon as a child.
The all-day event will feature classic rodeo competitions including bull riding, calf roping and barrel racing alongside community programming that celebrates Black western heritage.
"He is effectively on the run, and the theory is he's lonely, and puts an advert in the newspaper asking for a new wife," says Dan Clarke, a heritage officer at Moyse's Hall Museum.
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