2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hereditary \He*red"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. hereditarius fr hereditas
heirship, inheritance, fr heres heir: cf F.
h['e]r['e]ditaire. 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hereditary
adj 1: tending to occur among members of a family usually by
heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits";
"genetically transmitted features" [syn: {familial}, {genetic},
{inherited}, {transmitted}, {transmissible}]
2: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal
rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore";
"hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate";
"transmissible tradition" [syn: {ancestral}, {patrimonial},
{transmissiblel}]
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