- something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage.
- something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth; an inherited lot or portion: a heritage of poverty and suffering.
- something reserved for one: the heritage of the righteous.
- Law.
- something that has been or may be inherited by legal descent or succession.
- any property, especially land, that devolves by right of inheritance.
- noting or relating to a product, place, etc., that evokes a nostalgic sense of tradition or history: visitors to a heritage site in the Middle East.
- noting or relating to an older, traditional breed of animal or plant: raising pure-breed heritage hogs.
- something inherited at birth, such as personal characteristics, status, and possessions
- anything that has been transmitted from the past or handed down by tradition
- the evidence of the past, such as historical sites, buildings, and the unspoilt natural environment, considered collectively as the inheritance of present-day society
- (as modifier; cap. as part of name)
- something that is reserved for a particular person or group or the outcome of an action, way of life, etc
- any property, esp land, that by law has descended or may descend to an heir
- Bible
- the Israelites regarded as belonging inalienably to God
- the land of Canaan regarded as God's gift to the Israelites