Definition of hereditary Hereditary

/hɚɛˈdʌtɛˌɹi/ - [hereduteree] - he•red•i•tar•y

We found 12 definitions of hereditary from 4 different sources.

What does hereditary mean?

Adjective
hereditary - occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
		familial, genetic, inherited, transmitted, transmissible
		heritable, inheritable capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title"
hereditary - inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
		ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible
		heritable, inheritable capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title"
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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hereditary (Noun)
A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords .
hereditary (Adjective)
Which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate.
hereditary (Adjective)
Of a title, honor or right legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
hereditary (Adjective)
Of a person holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
hereditary (Adjective)
Of a disease or trait passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.

hereditary (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.
hereditary (a.)
Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.

hereditary
A disease or trait passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
hereditary
A title, honor or right legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
hereditary
Passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.