Definitions for hereditary
həˈrɛd ɪˌtɛr ihered·i·ta·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissibleadjective

   occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

   "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

2. ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissibleadjective

   inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

   "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. hereditarynoun

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

2. hereditaryadjective

   which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate

3. hereditaryadjective

   (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.

4. hereditaryadjective

   (of a person) holding a legally hereditary title or rank

   hereditary rulers

5. hereditaryadjective

   (of a disease or trait) passed from a parent to offspring in the genes

   Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.

6. Etymology: From hereditarius, from hereditas 'inheritance', from heres 'heir'

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HEREDITARYadjective

   Possessed or claimed by right of inheritance; descending by inheritance.

   Etymology: hereditaire, French; hereditarius, Lat.

   To thee and thine, hereditary ever,
   Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom. William Shakespeare.

   These old fellows
   Have their ingratitude in them hereditary. William Shakespeare.

   He shall ascend
   The throne hereditary, and bound his reign
   With earth’s wide bounds, his glory with the heav’ns. John Milton.

   Thus while the mute creation downward bend
   Their sight, and to their earthly mother tend,
   Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes
   Beholds his own hereditary skies. John Dryden, Ovid.

   When heroick verse his youth shall raise,
   And form it to hereditary praise. John Dryden, Virgil.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hereditary

   Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents. Through heredity, variations between individuals can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection. The study of heredity in biology is genetics.

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1. hereditary

   Hereditary refers to traits, characteristics, diseases, conditions, or titles that are passed down from one generation to another through genes. It involves the biological inheritance of various aspects from parents to their offspring.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hereditaryadjective

   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

2. Hereditaryadjective

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

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hereditary in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hereditary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hereditary in a Sentence

1. Joseph Fischer:

   Sex is hereditary. If your parents never had it, chances are you wont either.

2. Thomas Paine:

   When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

3. Plato:

   Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

4. Carl Sagan:

   A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

5. Guy Goden:

   Celibacy is not hereditary.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hereditary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hereditary
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hereditary
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hereditary