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| Main Entry: | heritage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's background, tradition |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, bequest, birthright, convention, culture, custom, endowment, estate, fashion, inheritance, legacy, lot, patrimony, portion, right, share, tradition, dowry, heirship, heritance |
| Main Entry: | ancestry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family predecessors; family history |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, pedigree, precursor, progenitor, race, source, stock, antecessor, foregoer, foremother, parentage, primogenitor |
| Main Entry: | bequest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given in will |
| Synonyms: | devise, endowment, estate, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, settlement, trust, bequeathal, bequeathment, bestowal, devisal, dower |
| Main Entry: | heirloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something inherited, often antique |
| Synonyms: | antique, bequest, birthright, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, reversion |
| Main Entry: | inheritance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession gained through someone's death |
| Synonyms: | bequest, birthright, devise, estate, gift, heirloom, heritage, legacy, heritance, primogeniture |
| Main Entry: | roots |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
| Synonyms: | background, birthplace, blood, breed, descent, family tree, genealogy, heritage, kindred, line, lineage, origin, pedigree, race, family history, parentage |
| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, allotment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, apportionment, bite, chunk, claim, commission, contribution, cut, cut in, cut up, divide, dividend, division, dose, drag*, due, end, fraction, fragment, helping, heritage, interest, lagniappe, lot, measure, parcel, part, percentage, piece, pittance, plum, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, ration, segment, serving, slice, split, stake, taste, whack*, divvy, fifty-fifty*, halver, meed, partage, points, quotum, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tradition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | established practice |
| Synonyms: | attitude, belief, birthright, conclusion, convention, culture, custom, customs, ethics, fable, folklore, form, habit, heritage, idea, inheritance, institution, law, legend, lore, mores, myth, mythology, opinion, practice, praxis, ritual, unwritten law, usage, wisdom, ethic, mythos |
| Main Entry: | estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's possessions, property, wealth |
| Synonyms: | assets, belongings, bequest, capital, devise, effects, endowment, fortune, goods, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, substance, chattels, earthly possessions |
| Main Entry: | will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | last wishes; command |
| Synonyms: | bequest, declaration, decree, device, dispensation, disposition, estate, heritage, inheritance, insistence, legacy, order, property, testament, bestowal, directions, instructions |
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