Associations to the word «Hereditary»
Noun
- Fief
- Peerage
- Monarchy
- Saxe
- Aristocracy
- Lords
- Nobility
- Anemia
- Intolerance
- Peer
- Optic
- Degeneration
- Highness
- Liechtenstein
- Mutation
- Knighthood
- Mecklenburg
- Syphilis
- Kingship
- Syndrome
- Succession
- Habsburg
- Tokugawa
- Caste
- Hesse
- Barony
- Monarch
- Clan
- Priesthood
- Anhalt
- Sovereign
- Vassal
- Deficiency
- Pinnacle
- Baronetcy
- Insanity
- Epilepsy
- Genetic
- Sickle
- Commoner
- Principality
- Phenotype
- Carcinoma
- Nobles
- Colon
- Courtier
- Maximilian
- Defect
- Maharaja
- Schleswig
- Descendant
- Bohemia
- Prince
- Guillaume
- Weimar
- Ruler
- Baden
- Disorder
- Governorship
- Abnormality
- Dementia
- Inheritance
- Sclerosis
- Heir
- Duchy
- Viscount
- Genetics
- Trait
- Genes
- Duchess
- Holstein
- Chromosome
- Retardation
- Imam
- Marquess
- Disease
- Princes
- Title
- Sigismund
- Nassau
Wiktionary
HEREDITARY, adjective. Which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate
HEREDITARY, adjective. (of a title, honor or right) legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
HEREDITARY, adjective. (of a person) holding a legally hereditary title or rank
HEREDITARY, adjective. (of a disease or trait) passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
HEREDITARY, noun. A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
HEREDITARY MECHANICS, noun. The branch of mechanics dealing with the effects of stress and strain on physical bodies over time.
Dictionary definition
HEREDITARY, adjective. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features".
HEREDITARY, adjective. Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition".
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.