<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage</li><li>something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth; an inherited lot or portion: a heritage of poverty and suffering</li><li>something reserved for one: the heritage of the righteous</li><li>Law: something that has been or may be inherited by legal descent or succession</li><li>any property, especially land, that devolves by right of inheritance</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>patrimony</li><li>estate</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>noting or relating to a product, place, etc., that evokes a nostalgic sense of tradition or history: visitors to a heritage site in the Middle East</li><li>noting or relating to an older, traditional breed of animal or plant: Compare heirloom (def 3)</li></ul>