1. (n.) A right or estate inherited from one's father\; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor.

2. (n.) Formerly, a church estate or endowment.

bequeathal bequest birthright borough-English coheirship coparcenary entail gavelkind heirloom heirship hereditament heritable heritage heritance incorporeal hereditament inheritance law of succession legacy line of succession mode of succession postremogeniture primogeniture reversion succession ultimogeniture