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leg·a·cy (lĕǵə-sē)

[Middle English legacie, office of a deputy, from Old French, from Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātus past participle of lēgāre, to depute, bequeath.]

noun: pl., -cies. 

  1. Money or property bequeathed to another by will.
  2. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past: a legacy of religious freedom. See synonyms at heritage