inheritagen.
/ɪnˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ/ rare.
That which is inherited; a heritage, inheritance.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited
etheleOE
heritagea1225
ereward-richea1325
reversiona1325
patrimony1357
succession1382
inheriteson1470
heredity?c1550
inheritage1557
long acre1608
relict1726
post-obit1812
hand-me-down1909
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 43v/2 In the end, life is but lone, but death is enheritage.
1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie (1599) 68 It signifieth losse of inheritages and of possessions.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 223 It [Mount Ida] fostereth nothing that is wilde, but hares, red deare, and fallow, and is the inheritage of the Calargi.
1811 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 439 To convey to their minds the inheritage of knowledge and virtue.
1861 M. E. Braddon Lady Lisle 27 The weight of this vast inheritage.
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