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Definition

something handed down from the past

in 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."

the world's heritage of knowledge

The country was slow to recognize the rights of African-Americans and women, but still has a heritage of freedom relative to most of the world.

heritage = something handed down from the past

born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage.
John F. Kennedy (Inaugural Address)
a concert celebrating Hispanic musical heritage
The Taj Mahal has been declared a World Heritage Site.
Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
Psalm 119:111 (NIV)
our lot is cast in a goodly heritage.
Jane Austen -- Emma
For what is man's lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high?
Job 31:2 (NIV)
On our Great West African Heritage!
Lorraine Hansberry -- A Raisin in the Sun

heritage = things handed down from the past — such as traditional practices

All except his childhood, his own heritage.
Hal Borland -- When the Legends Die
And within the progressive societies themselves, every last vestige of the ancient human heritage of ritual, morality, and art is in full decay.
Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
It informed me not only that you are Lunar, not only that you are not a shell, but also something of your heritage.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
"White and light" refers to people who are either entirely white or, more likely, who have some black heritage that is no longer readily apparent.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers
"Your heritage," she said, And then she turned to Maggie, kissed her, and said, "You ought to try to make something of yourself, too, Maggie.
Alice Walker -- Everyday Use
If his father can endow him with a good physique and his mother with some common sense in his early education, that should be his heritage.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- This Side of Paradise
And being well perhaps I've gone back to my true self—I suppose my grandfather was a crook and I'm a crook by heritage, so there we are.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
But they never took all this family heritage stuff seriously, did they?
Dave Eggers -- The Circle
Through blinding shock he passed slowly into cold acceptance of his heritage from the desert.
Zane Grey -- The Heritage of the Desert
The queen of Connacht, another of Ireland's four great kingdoms. argued with her husband over whose heritage and possessions were greater.
Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan

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