Heritage — synonyms, definition

1. heritage (Noun)

ancestry background bequest birth birthright convention culture custom descent endowment estate extraction fashion germ inheritance legacy lineage lot origin patrimony • • •

heritage (Noun) — Practices that are handed down from the past by tradition. ex. "a heritage of freedom"

heritage (Noun) — Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors. ex. "the world's heritage of knowledge"

heritage (Noun) — (law) that which is inherited; a title, property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner.

heritage (Noun) — Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property.

acquisition attribute practice transferred possession transferred property accretion background bequest birthright borough English devise heirloom legacy patrimony primogeniture upbringing heirloom