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inheritage

inheritage noun: synonym of heritage or inheritance.

Noun

inheritage (countable and uncountable, plural inheritages)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of heritage or inheritance.
    • To be riche, to be loꝛdes, and to haue great eſtates, men ſhoulde not thereof at all be pꝛoude, ſence they ſee howe frayle mans condicion is: foꝛ in the end, life is but lone, but death is enheritage.1557, Anthony of Gueuara [i.e., Antonio de Guevara], “Of the Goldẽ Age in Times Past, and Worldly Misery Which We Haue at This Present”, in Thomas North, transl., The Diall of Princes. […], London...

Synonyms of inheritage

Forms of inheritage

pluralinheritages

Origin of inheritage

From inherit + -age.

Questions about inheritage

What does inheritage mean?
Inheritage means synonym of heritage or inheritance.
What part of speech is inheritage?
Inheritage is a noun.
What is the plural of inheritage?
The plural of inheritage is inheritages.

Words near inheritage in the dictionary

  1. inherit
  2. inheritability
  3. inheritable
  4. inheritableness
  5. inheritably
  6. inheritage
  7. inheritages
  8. inheritance
  9. inheritance law
  10. inheritance powder
  11. inheritance powders

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