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hereditary |
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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