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Definition of: heritage
(her′ə·tij) noun
1. Property that is or can be inherited.
2. Any condition or culture which is allotted or handed down to one, as by ancestors.
3. The chosen people of God, as the Israelites or the Christian elect. [<OF <heriter inherit <L hereditare <heres, -edis an heir]
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