handed down
Given through generations
Handed down describes something passed from one generation or authority to the next.
A handed-down recipe came from your grandmother; a handed-down ruling came from a higher court.
The phrase suggests inheritance or official pronouncement: traditions handed down through centuries, the sentence handed down by the judge.
Things handed down arrive from above—whether from ancestors, appellate courts, or anyone in a position to bestow.
Gift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- probateWill validation proceedings
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
testament · executor · succession · inheritance · patrimony · heir · legacy · entail
bequest
Gift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- probateWill validation proceedings
will · testament · executor · succession · inheritance · patrimony · heir · legacy · entail · trust
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
culture · rites · myths · lore · proverbs · stories · songs · dances · crafts · recipes
antique
Old valued collectible
jewelry · furniture · quilt · watch · ring · necklace · brooch · locket · china · silverware
- Generational Wisdomproverbs, folklore, mentorship, oral history, storytelling
- ___-handed wordsbackhanded, offhanded, underhanded, ambidextrous