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▪ I. heritage, n.|ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ|
Also 3–5 eri-, 4–6 ery-, hery-, 5–6 heretage (4 hary-, 6 hæretage, heri-, heiritagie).
[a. OF. eritage, heritage (= Pr. heretatge, OSp. eredage, It. ereditaggio, med.L. hereditagium), f. hériter: see herit v. and -age.]
1. That which has been or may be inherited; any property, and esp. land, which devolves by right of inheritance.
a1225Leg. Kath. 83, I þe heritage and i þe herd þæt com of hire burde. 1297R. Glouc. (1724) 523 Richard is brother Underueng the eritage, vor he nadde eir non other..The erldom of Penbroc, & al is other eritage. 1382Wyclif 1 Kings xxi. 3 Merciful be to me the Lord, that I ȝyue not the heritage of my fadres to thee. c1440Generydes 4642 My fader hath geve hym half his eritage. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 17 In the same hæritage Ilke hes rychteouslie from age to age succeidet till vther. 1608Shakes. Per. ii. i. 129 (Globe) It was..part of my heritage, Which my dead father did bequeath to me. 1810Scott Lady of L. i. xxix, Lord of a barren heritage. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. II. 134 In early life he attended his father in a duel about a heritage.
b. spec. Sc. Law. Land and similar property which devolves by law upon the heir and not on executors or administrators; heritable estate, realty.
As distinguished from conquest: land inherited and not purchased.
1508Dunbar Tua mariit Wemen 344 Mi euidentis of heritagis. c1575Balfour's Practicks (1754) 224 All conquest sould ascend anes, and thairefter may na mair ascend; bot sould descend as heritage. 1845W. Burge in Encycl. Metrop. 848/1 Where a middle brother or sister (or their issue) dies, leaving younger or elder brothers or uncles. The younger brother (or uncle) and his issue take the heritages; the elder and his issue, the conquest. 1874Act 37 & 38 Vict. c. 94 §37 The distinction between fees of conquest and fees of heritage is hereby abolished.
c. transf. and fig. The ‘portion’ allotted to or reserved for any one; e.g. that of the righteous or the wicked in the world to come.
a1225Ancr. R. 302 To..bruken buten ende þe eritage of heouene. c1230Hali Meid. 25 Þu schuldest þin herte heouen þiderward as tin heritage is. a1340Hampole Psalter xxiv. 14 It sall haf hale heritage in blisse. 1390Gower Conf. II. 364 Which hath his heritage in helle. 1738Wesley Ps. xlvii. iv, God our Heritage shall prove, Give us all a Lot of Love. a1842A. Cunningham Wet Sheet & Flowing Sea, The hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea.
†2. The fact of inheriting; inheritance, hereditary succession. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 609 [God] gaf it him als in heritage. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14203 He left hit til Iweyn in herytage. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Clement 640 Þat Ihesu cristis patronag succed should be harytage. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) Pref. 2 Þis es þe land þat es hight til vs in heritage. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 242 b/2 These ben the thynges that I leue to yow to possede by ryghtfull herytage. 1556Aurelio & Isab. (1603) K viij, This goode that they have lefte me be heritagie.
3. Anything given or received to be a proper and legally held possession.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 348 If..þi kynge..worschipid þee myche & hiȝt þee greet eritage to be at hijs retenu & serue hym treuly. 1382― Ps. cxxvi[i.] 3 Lo! the eritage of the Lord the sones. 1611Bible ibid., Loe, children are an heritage of the Lord.
b. The people chosen by God as his peculiar possession; the ancient Israelites; the Church of God.
a1340Hampole Psalter xxvii. 12 Make safe þi folke lord & blesse þin heritage. 1382Wyclif Micah vii. 18 That..berist ouer the synne of the relikis of thin eritage. 1549Bk. Com. Prayer, Te Deum, O Lorde..blesse thyne heritage. 1611Bible 1 Pet. v. 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus iii. 7 That people were more peculiarly called the lines and heritage of the Lord. 1881N. T. Eph. i. 11 In whom also we were made a heritage.
4. That which comes from the circumstances of birth; an inherited lot or portion; the condition or state transmitted from ancestors.
a1621Beaum. & Fl. Thierry & Theodoret v. i, The people's charity was your heritage, and I would see which of you deserves his birthright. 1639S. Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 46 The only glory of obeying her as their mother was the fairest lot in their heritage. 1814Byron Lara i. ii, Lord of himself;—that heritage of woe. a1872Maurice Friendship Bks. i. (1874) 22 To earn bread by the sweat of the brow is the common heritage of the sons of Adam.
†5. Heirs collectively; lineage. Obs.
1390Gower Conf. II. 74 They graunten him a lusty mede..To him and to his heritage.
Add:6. attrib. and Comb. a. attrib. Characterized by or pertaining to the preservation or exploitation of local and national features of historical, cultural, or scenic interest, esp. as tourist attractions.
1970Nature 14 Nov. 691/2 The idea of the ‘heritage highway’, a route which links places in the life of national figures..seems to me to be a sort of motorized nature trail. 1979Observer 4 Feb. 4/7 The 10{pcnt} buyer's premium..was finally accepted as part of the purchase price, but is now being questioned again by museums, private clients and heritage groups. 1986Financial Times 27 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xvi/5 Cadw has struck a blow for the entire heritage industry. 1987Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 24 Feb. 53/1 Maryborough, Queensland's Heritage City, is going through an identity crisis. 1990Modern Railways Aug. 417 (caption) A Hainault–Woodford train of 1960 Tube-stock motor cars..leaves Hainault, while..the similar but red-painted ‘heritage’ train waits for its next duty.
b. Special Comb. heritage centre, a museum focusing on the cultural heritage of the surrounding area.
1976Church Times 3 Sept. 4/3 Some old churches are now in use as *heritage centres and others as folk museums. 1990Times Educ. Suppl. 7 Dec. 36/4 The main aim of Port Sunlight's Heritage Centre..is to show how the prototype factory village has stoutly survived two world wars,..recession and Dutch elm disease.
heritage coast, in the U.K., a section of coastline designated by the Countryside Commission as aesthetically or culturally important and therefore accorded some legal protection from commercial development.
1970Daily Tel. 1 Oct. 4 Designating managed ‘*Heritage coast’ areas to safeguard scenery from undesirable development. 1989Holiday Which? Sept. 176/1 (caption) Cogden Beach on the Dorset coast is part of Chesil beach (itself a Heritage Coast).
heritage trail, a route linking features of historical interest, esp. one planned as a tourist attraction.
1976U.S. News & World Rep. 23 Feb. 63/3 In Boston, the Black *Heritage Trail takes visitors to an important landmark—the monument to black patriot Crispus Attucks and other martyrs of the Boston Massacre. 1980Christian Science Monitor 1 July 15/3 Those who prefer to walk at their own pace..might want to try the Heritage Trail, which winds for three miles around the historic sites of lower Manhattan. 1988Bookcase No. 17. 7/3 Travel is no longer an adventure... It has become a ‘heritage trail’ along a carefully signposted route.
▸ heritage tourism n. orig. N. Amer. tourism to places of historical or cultural interest.
1983Washington Post 17 Apr. e7/1 They were initiated last year by Richmond-on-the-James, ‘a nonprofit civic organization devoted to *heritage tourism’. 2001Trav. Afr. Autumn 111/2 It is blessed with pristine ocean beaches and calm lagoons, so community fathers are not putting their faith in eco- and heritage tourism for an economic revival.
▪ II. † ˈheritage, v. Obs. rare.
[a. OF. (h)eritagier, -ger (in both senses), f. (h)eritage: see prec.]
1. trans. To inherit.
1382Wyclif Ps. xxxvi[i]. 11 The debonere forsothe shuln eritagen the erthe. ― Ecclus. iv. 14 Who holden it, shuln eritagen [1388 enherite] lif.
2. To give for an inheritance.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. xvii. 9 The lawe of lif he eritagede them [1388 He enheritide hem with the lawe of lijf]. |