heritage

Noun

• hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

• that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

• any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
  • my only inheritance was my mother's blessing
    
  • the world's heritage of knowledge
    

• practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
  • a heritage of freedom