heritage
(noun)
noun
1. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
- a heritage of freedom
Definition categories: thought, practice
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
Similar word(s): inheritance
Definition categories: attribute
3. that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
Similar word(s): inheritance
Definition categories: possession
4. hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
Similar word(s): inheritance
Definition categories: act, acquisition
Sentences with heritage as a noun:
- The university requires heritage Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-heritage students.