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.