Inheritage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of heritage or inheritance. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "To be riche, to be loꝛdes, and to haue great eſtates, men ſhoulde not thereof at all be pꝛoude, ſence they ſee howe frayle mans condicion is: foꝛ in the end, life is but lone, but death is enheritage."

Example

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"To be riche, to be loꝛdes, and to haue great eſtates, men ſhoulde not thereof at all be pꝛoude, ſence they ſee howe frayle mans condicion is: foꝛ in the end, life is but lone, but death is enheritage."

Etymology

From inherit + -age.

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