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Another word for hereditary

hereditary Synonyms

hereditary

modif.

inherited, genetic, innate, paternal; see ancestral. See syn. study at innate.

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Another word for hereditary

adjective

Of or from one's ancestors:
ancestral, inherited, patrimonial. See kin, precede
Possessed at birth:
congenital, inborn, inherited, innate, native. See be, native

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We have seen the end of hereditary monarchy.
There were no hereditary or formally elected chiefs, nor was there any vestige of monarchy.
By the time of the jurists it had become hereditary and compulsory.
With the crystallization of the feudal system in the 12th century the office of vidame, like that of avoue, had become an hereditary fief.
She has a hereditary blood anomaly that makes her immune to all but the oldest of our kind.

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