Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Heritage \Her"it*age\, a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage,
   eritage, F. h['e]ritage, fr. h['e]riter to inherit, LL.
   heriditare. See {Hereditable}.]
   1. That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir;
      inheritance.

            Part of my heritage, Which my dead father did
            bequeath to me.                       --Shak.

   2. (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen
      people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. --Joel iii.
      2. --1 Peter v. 3.

Source : WordNet®

heritage
     n 1: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;
          "a heritage of freedom"
     2: any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited
        from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's
        blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge" [syn: {inheritance}]
     3: that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that
        passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner [syn:
        {inheritance}]
     4: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
        [syn: {inheritance}]