heritage

Plural

heritages

1. 1.An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

2. 2.A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

   • In fact it was a multifarious agglomerate of many little countries, gathered by marriage, heritage and luck, in the course of centuries, and now united in the hand of this Duke Wilhelm.

3. 3.A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.

4. 4.Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

   • The university requires heritage Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-heritage students.

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