An inheritance or property passed down from one generation to another; a legacy or ancestral endowment.
From 'enheritage' with the noun suffix '-ance.' It's a variant of 'inheritance' with the intensifying 'en-' prefix, popular in Middle English legal language.
In old English wills and property records, 'enheritance' appears as the fancy legal term—by using this version instead of plain 'inheritance,' scribes made it sound more official and binding, which people believed actually made it stick better in court.
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