Definition of heritage Heritage

/hɛˈɹʌtʌʤ/ - [herutuj] - her•it•age

We found 13 definitions of heritage from 6 different sources.

What does heritage mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: heritages
heritage - practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"
heritage - that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
		inheritance
		transferred possession, transferred property a possession whose ownership changes or lapses
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
		primogeniture right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
		borough english a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
		accretion (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)
		bequest, legacy (law) a gift of personal property by will
		patrimony, birthright a church endowment
		devise (law) a gift of real property by will
		heirloom something that has been in a family for generations
heritage - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
		inheritance
		attribute an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
		birthright personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
		background (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
		birthright personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
heritage - hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
		inheritance
		acquisition the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

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Wiktionary

heritage (Noun)
An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
heritage (Noun)
A tradition; something that can be passed down from preceding generations.
heritage (Noun)
A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
heritage (Noun)
Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

heritage (a.)
That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
heritage (a.)
A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

heritage
A collection of goods and assets inherited from the past.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

heritage
her′it-āj, n. that which is inherited: inherited lot, condition of one's birth: (B.) the children (of God). [O. Fr. heritage, heriter—Late L. hereditāre, to inherit.]