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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity;
- Example: "an inherited disease"
- Example: "familial traits"
- Example: "genetically transmitted features"
[syn: familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible]

2. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent;
- Example: "ancestral home"
- Example: "ancestral lore"
- Example: "hereditary monarchy"
- Example: "patrimonial estate"
- Example: "transmissible tradition"
[syn: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hereditary \He*red"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas
   heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F.
   h['e]r['e]ditaire. See Heir.]
   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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hereditary
    adj 1: occurring among members of a family usually by heredity;
           "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically
           transmitted features" [syn: familial, genetic,
           hereditary, inherited, transmitted,
           transmissible]
    2: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal
       rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore";
       "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible
       tradition" [syn: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial,
       transmissible]