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legacy

leg.a.cy \'leg-*-se-\ n [ME legacie office of a legate, bequest, fr. MF or 
   ML; MF, office of a le]gate, fr. ML legatia, fr. L legatus 1: a gift by 
   will esp. of money or other personal property : BEQUESTM 2: something 
   received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past