hereditary

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

Similar word(s): heritable, inheritable, familial, genetic, inherited, transmissible, transmitted

2. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

- hereditary monarchy

Similar word(s): heritable, inheritable, ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible

Sentences with hereditary as an adjective:

- Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.

- hereditary rulers

- Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.

noun

1. A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.