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Synonyms for inheritance

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-her-i-tuhns
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈhɛr ɪ təns

Définition of inheritance

Origin :
  • late 14c., enheritaunce "fact of receiving by hereditary succession;" early 15c. as "that which is inherited," from Anglo-French enheritance, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter (see inherit). Heritance "act of inheriting" is from mid-15c.
  • noun possession gained through someone's death
Example sentences :
  • It's an inheritance from Daddy, this concentrating with all my might on one thing at a time.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • It is said that the teacher's noblest work is to lead the child to his inheritance.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • His memory is the inheritance of Americans as well as Englishmen.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • He was an inheritor; and she had loved, not him, but his inheritance.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Our character is forged in the past, we cannot escape our inheritance.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • The environment is constantly checking and modifying the inheritance.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • They might enforce on them a total abolition of inheritance and bequest.'
  • Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
  • It so happened that his own inheritance was not a large one; that made no difference.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • The capital had been available for some time, thanks to an inheritance from an aunt.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • All of us have entered into an inheritance which we have the power of appropriating and making use of.
  • Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato

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