hereditary.
Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
Meaning & usage
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.
Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
Of a property of graphs: such that if G has the property, so must every induced subgraph of G.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English hereditarie, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās (“inheritance”), from hērēs (“heir”).
A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English hereditarie, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās (“inheritance”), from hērēs (“heir”).
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