Main entry: inheritance, heritage
Definition: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
Main entry: heritage, inheritance
Definition: any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
Usage: my only inheritance was my mother's blessing; the world's heritage of knowledge
Main entry: inheritance, hereditary pattern
Definition: (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
Main entry: inheritance, heritage
Definition: that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner