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Webster 1913 Edition
Hereditary
He-red′i-ta-ry
,Adj.
[L.
hereditarius
, fr. hereditas
heirship, inheritance, fr. heres
heir: cf. F. héréditaire
. 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
Syn. – Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hereditary
HERED'ITARY
, a.1.
That has descended from an ancestor. He is in possession of a large hereditary estate.2.
That may descend from an ancestor to an heir; descendible to an heir at law. The crown of Great Britain is hereditary.3.
That is or may be transmitted from a parent to a child; as hereditary pride; hereditary bravery; hereditary disease.Definition 2024
hereditary
hereditary
English
Adjective
hereditary (comparative more hereditary, superlative most hereditary)
- Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
- Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
- Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
- Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
- hereditary rulers
- Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
- Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.
- (mathematics) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
Derived terms
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Related terms
- see heir
Translations
which is passed on as inheritance
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of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
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of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
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of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
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Noun
hereditary (plural hereditaries)
- A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.