| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| hereditament |
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| SYLLABICATION: | her·e·dit·a·ment |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h r  -dt  -mnt |
| NOUN: | Property that can be inherited. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Medieval Latin h rdit mentum, from Late Latin hrditre, to inherit, from Latin hrs, hrd-, heir. See gh- in Appendix I.
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