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   Heritage , a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage, eritage, F. héritage, fr. hériter to inherit, LL. heriditare. See Hereditable.]
   That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
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   Part of my heritage,
   Which my dead father did bequeath to me.
   Shak.
   
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   (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge.
   Joel iii. 2. 1 Peter v. 3.
   
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