noun
- Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property.
- synonyms: heritage
- That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner.
- synonyms: heritage
- Genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents.
- synonyms: hereditary pattern
- Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors.
- usage: "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
- synonyms: heritage
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