ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible
(adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; “ancestral home”; “ancestral lore”; “hereditary monarchy”; “patrimonial estate”; “transmissible tradition”
familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible
(adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; “an inherited disease”; “familial traits”; “genetically transmitted features”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hereditary (comparative more hereditary, superlative most hereditary)
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
(math) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
• inhereditary
• nonhereditary
hereditary (plural hereditaries)
A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
• erythraeid
Source: Wiktionary
He*red"i*ta*ry, a. Etym: [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. héréditaire. 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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 June 2024
(noun) a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; “She felt strong concern for those less fortunate”
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