heritance

[ her-i-tns ]
/ ˈhɛr ɪ tns /

noun Archaic.

Origin of heritance

1350–1400; Middle English herita(u)nce < Middle French heritance, equivalent to herit(er) to inherit + -ance -ance; see heir

Words nearby heritance

Example sentences from the Web for heritance

  • My mother, who died at sea when I was born, gave me a heritance with winds and waves and stars.

    Semiramis and Other Plays |Olive Tilford Dargan
  • Only he had the good sense to die before he had spent all his heritance.

    The White Plumes of Navarre |Samuel Rutherford Crockett