heritage meaning and definition

HERITAGE noun

Definition of heritage (noun)

1. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
   • "a heritage of freedom"
2. any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
   • "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
   • synonyms: inheritance
3. that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
   • synonyms: inheritance
4. hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
   • synonyms: inheritance