Definitions for heritages

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heritages her·it·age

Spelling: [her-i-tij]

IPA: /ˈhɛr ɪ tɪdʒ/

Heritages is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 581 anagrams from letters in heritages (aeeghirst).

Definitions for heritages

noun

1. something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition:
2. something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth; an inherited lot or portion:
3. something reserved for one:
4. Law. something that has been or may be inherited by legal descent or succession. any property, especially land, that devolves by right of inheritance.

adjective

1. noting or relating to a product, place, etc., that evokes a nostalgic sense of tradition or history:
2. noting or relating to an older, traditional breed of animal or plant: Compare heirloom (def 3).

Origin of heritages

1175-1225; Middle English Middle French, equivalent to heriter to inherit + -age -age; see heir

Examples for heritages

Such was the law of expansion; the earth was the heritage of the most numerous race.

However, being of Arab heritage and Muslim, I'd really love to see an Arab or Muslim James Bond.

In each generation, with toil and tears, we have had to earn our heritage again.

The heritage was too compelling for a wolf that was only a cub.

She is a North American by birth, but an African by experience and heritage.

Partly, no doubt, it was a heritage of the sentiment of the French Revolution.

An Australian woman in her late twenties told me she was an “honorary Jew” with no actual Jewish heritage.

The heritage belongs to you and my brother, who took care of my uncle up to the last.

Virtually all the southwestern gangs of Mexican heritage (Surenos or Southsiders) are under their control.

A more recent phenomenon in the political universe is politicians of Hispanic heritage who are not fluent in Spanish.