heritage

(noun) practices that are handed down from the past by tradition. Example: "A heritage of freedom."

(noun) any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors. Synonyms: inheritance. Examples: "My only inheritance was my mother's blessing." "The world's heritage of knowledge."

(noun) that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner. Synonyms: inheritance.

(noun) hereditary succession to a title or an office or property. Synonyms: inheritance.