heritage
['heritidʒ]
n. 遗, 祖先遗留,

[医] 遗传性

[] 遗,



heritage
[ noun ]

1. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition

<noun.cognition>
a heritage of freedom

2. any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

<noun.attribute>
my only inheritance was my mother's blessing
the world's heritage of knowledge

3. that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

<noun.possession>

4. hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

<noun.act>

Heritage \Her"it*age\, a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage,
eritage, F. h['e]ritage, fr. h['e]riter to inherit, LL.
heriditare. See {Hereditable}.]
1. That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir;
inheritance.

Part of my heritage,
Which my dead father did bequeath to me. --Shak.

2. (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen
people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. --Joel iii.
2. --1 Peter v. 3.