hereditary
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.