Heritage
['herɪtɪdʒ] or ['hɛrɪtɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; 'a heritage of freedom'.
Editor: Vanessa--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
(a.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge.
Inputed by Conrad
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Inheritance, portion, patrimony, estate.
Inputed by Camille
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Inheritance, entailment, legacy, {[Uoquvst]?}
ANT:Acquisition, merit, wages, compensation
Typist: Vance
Definition
n. that which is inherited: inherited lot condition of one's birth: (B.) the children (of God).
Typist: Tabitha
Examples
- We may well say that 'our lot is cast in a goodly heritage. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It places the heritage from the past in its right connection with the demands and opportunities of the present. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As if loveliness were not the special prerogative of woman--her legitimate appanage and heritage! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A knowledge of the past and its heritage is of great significance when it enters into the present, but not otherwise. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But the dignity imparted to the profession of Agriculture by a few has now by the genius of invention become the heritage of all. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The promise of this is our heritage, we look forward like heirs to their majority. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Greece on one hand had lost political power, and on the other possessed in her splendid literature an inalienable heritage. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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