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[ noun ] practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
Examples "a heritage of freedom" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)Time_and_again in counseling and teaching , one encounters members of this group whose attempts to bring into some kind of unity the insubstantial mythologies of their `` fundamentalist '' heritage and the stubborn reality of the modern_world are only_too painfully obvious . There is an ancient and venerable tradition in the church ( which derives , however , from the heritage of the Greeks rather than from the Bible ) that God is completely independent of his creation and so has no need of men for accomplishing his work in the world . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)2 ) As a country superimposes its cultural and political attitudes on others , it searches its heritage in hopes of justifying its aggressiveness . In its propagandistic and commercial haste to discover our folk heritage , the public has remained ignorant of definitions such as this . In_addition , this country has been settled by many peoples of many heritages and their lore has become acculturated slowly , in an age of print and easy communication , within an ever expanding and changing society . Related terms |
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[ noun ] any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
Synonyms Examples "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing" "the world's heritage of knowledge" Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)He was named Pompeii as a tribute to his heritage , and he could n't have cared less about that either . Related terms |
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[ noun ] that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 27592
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[ noun ] that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
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