Heritage

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Heritage - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

HER'ITAGE, n.

1. Inheritance; an estate that passes from an ancestor to an heir by descent or course of law; that which is inherited. In Scot's law, it sometimes signifies immovable estate, in distinction from movable.

2. In Scripture, the saints or people of God are called his heritage, as being claimed by him, and the objects of his special care. 1 Pet 5.

In other dictionaries

Read “Heritage” in the 2 dictionaries

HeritageInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Source of the article

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

Bible Strong combined digital edition