What is "heritage"

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.

c.1200, "that which may be inherited," from Old French iritage, eritage, heritage, from heriter "inherit," from Late Latin hereditare, ultimately from Latin heres (genitive heredis) "heir" (see heredity).

n. 1 An inheritance; property that may be inherited. 2 A tradition; something that can be passed down from preceding generations. 3 A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn. 4 (context attributive English) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

1. n. 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]

Héritage was a banner of discount grocery stores owned by Provigo to market smaller supermarkets in Quebec. Created in the second half of the 1970s to open on original locations, the Héritage banner eventually began to replace some Provigo/Dominion locations in the 1980s after Dominion Stores entirely withdrew from Quebec. The years 1993 and 1994 saw a brief resurgence of new Héritage stores (many of them being in old Steinberg's locations).

The increasing popularity of the Maxi division coupled with the aging image of Héritage had Provigo reconsidering about the future of the chain. In 1995, Héritage was disbanded and its stores were either converted to Maxi or, to a lesser extent, L'intermarché brand.

The first two logos of Maxi used a similar font as Héritage's logo.

Heritage is a stop on the South Line (Route 201) of the CTrain light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. The station opened on May 25, 1981 as part of the original South line.

The station, with a large 557 space park-and-ride lot, is located on the exclusive LRT right of way (adjacent to CPR ROW, 7.9 km South of the City Hall Interlocking,west of Macleod Trail, about east of the Heritage Park Historical Village (which is connected via a feeder bus). The station serves the large communities of Haysboro and Acadia.

The station consists of a center-loading platform with Mezzanine access on the North end and an at grade access at the South end.

As part of Calgary Transit's plans to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014, all three-car stations will be extended. Construction at Heritage Station to extend the platform to the South started on July 16, 2012 and the new extended platform and ramp access opened on December 10, 2012.

Also located to the south of the Heritage station is the " Haysboro Storage Facility". Some of the CTrains are stored in this facility.

In 2005, the station registered an average transit of 13,600 boardings per weekday.

Heritage is a BBC Books original novel written by first time novelist Dale Smith and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace.

Heritage (, Zharangut’yun) is an Armenian national liberal party. It was founded in 2002 by Raffi Hovannisian, independent Armenia's first Foreign Minister.

'' Heritage'' is the fifteenth studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, released on Columbia Records in January 1990, and produced by the band's leader Maurice White. Heritage went to number 19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and the single Heritage peaked at number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The album also featured an appearance by Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone on the track Good Time. It was EWF's last album of new material on Columbia.

Heritage is a 1984 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Matjaž Klopčič. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.

Heritage is a neighborhood located in Greenville, South Carolina. Located northwest of the city, it is home to the St. George Greek Orthodox Church and was once home to a dairy.

The neighborhood was subdivided in 1909 and experienced peak construction during the 1920s.

Heritage is a 1935 Australian historical film directed by Charles Chauvel.

Heritage is an album by American jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson recorded in 1976 and released on the Blue Note label.

Heritage is an outdoor 1935 sculpture by American artist James Earle Fraser, installed in front of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., United States. Heritage is a companion piece to Guardianship.

The National Archives Foundation's Heritage Award, which recognizes "individuals, corporations, and organizations whose deeds are consistent with the Foundation's mission of educating, enriching, and inspiring a deeper appreciation of our country's heritage", is named after the sculpture.

Heritage is the tenth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Opeth. It was released on 14 September 2011 through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded in early 2011 at Atlantis/Metronome Studios in Stockholm and produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt, engineered by Janne Hansson, and mixed by Steven Wilson. A critical and commercial success, the album sold 19,000 units in the United States in its debut week, charting at number 19 on the Billboard 200. The album signals a departure from the musical style of Opeth's past albums, being the second album not to feature Åkerfeldt's signature death growls.