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    Heritage , a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage, eritage, F. héritage, fr. hériter to inherit, LL. heriditare. See Hereditable.]
    1. 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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    2. (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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