inheritage en · NOUN
Etymology
From inherit + -age.
Meanings
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) Synonym of heritage or inheritance.
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.
1557, Anthony of Gueuara [i.e., Antonio de Guevara], “Of the Goldẽ Age in Times Past, and Worldly Misery Which We Haue at This Present”, in Thomas North, transl., The Diall of Princes. […], London: […] [Thomas Marsh for] Iohn Waylande, →OCLC, 1st booke, folio 43, verso, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inheritages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |