1652, John Robotham, chapter III, inAn Exposition: On the whole Book of Solomons Song; Commonly called The Canticles.[1], London,→OCLC,page413:
Now unſpeakable happy are all thoſe that have ſuch anheritage: can we thinke they will part with it? No verily,[…] they will not part with ſuch an inheritance as Chriſt is, rich, fat, alwayes fruitfull, and never decaying.
Atradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from precedinggenerations through families or through institutional memory.
In fact it was a multifarious agglomerate of many little countries, gathered by marriage,heritage and luck, in the course of centuries, and now united in the hand of this Duke Wilhelm.
1947, Norris E. Class, chapter VII, in Marjorie Bell, editor,Redirecting the Delinquent: 1947 Yearbook, New York: National Parole and Probation Association,page234:
The first is that learning, continuous learning, is an intrinsic part of the American tradition. In some ways it constitutes the core of our socialheritage, and no doubt accounts for the tremendous organizational and productive achievements which have taken place in this country. However, it is possible to move away from, even to lose one'sheritage.
2007, J. N. Adams, “The Republic: inscriptions”, inThe Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600, Cambridge University Press,page105:
When a language dies members of the culture of which that language was once a part may attempt to hold on to their linguisticheritage, if not by the use of the defunct language itself, at least by the preservation of its script.
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