Both Uses of
heritage
in
Childhood's End
- Those who remembered our independence will be dead: humanity will have forgotten its heritage.†
Chpt 4 *
- He feared neither the loneliness of the deserted planet, nor the presence that still rested here in the last moments before it went to seek its unknown heritage.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(heritage) something handed down from the pastin various senses, including:
- traditions -- as in "Americans inherit a heritage of freedom"
- cultural practices -- as in "Hospitality to strangers is part of Arabic cultural heritage."
- physical items built and/or protected from long ago -- as in "The cathedral is a World Heritage site," or "The national parks are part of our heritage as Americans."