hereditary

[He*red·i*ta*ry]

Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.

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Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

Adjective S.
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"

Adjective S.
tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"


a.
Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

a.
Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.


Hereditary

He*red"i*ta*ry , a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. h'82r'82ditaire. See Heir.] 1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown. 2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease. Syn. -- Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.

Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

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Usage Examples

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.

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Other Usage Examples

Teach you children poetry it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.

In Pakistan politics is hereditary.

Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.

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