Thesaurus: hereditary

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1. a. 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. a. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.
3. adj. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
4. adj. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
5. 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.
6. j:100 s occurring among members of a family usually by heredity s inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent