Adjective: hereditary hu're-di,te-ree [N. Amer], hi're-di-t(u-)ree [Brit]
- (law) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
"hereditary monarchy";
- ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible
- Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
"hereditary traits";
- familial, genetic, inherited, transmitted, transmissible
See also: hereditable [rare], heritable, inheritable
Encyclopedia: Hereditary