hereditary

Meanings

Plural: hereditaries

Adjective Satellite

occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- "hereditary monarchy"

Adj

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.
Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.

Noun

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

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hereditarie, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās (“inheritance”), from hērēs (“heir”).

Synonyms

ancestral, familial, genetic, inhereditary, inherited, patrimonial, transmissible, transmitted

Antonyms

nonhereditary

Scrabble Score: 17

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Words With Friends Score: 15

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