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1. Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
   - heritage
    
2. (law) that which is inherited; a title, property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
   - heritage
    
3. (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
   - hereditary pattern
    
4. Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
   "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing";
   - heritage

Derived forms: inheritances

Type of: acquisition, attribute, genetic endowment, heredity, transferred possession, transferred property

Encyclopedia: Inheritance, television series