Meaning & Definition of Heritage in English

1. Practices that are handed down from the past by tradition

• "A heritage of freedom"

2. Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

• "My only inheritance was my mother's blessing"

• "The world's heritage of knowledge"

3. That which is inherited

• A title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

4. Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property