(in biology) related to the passing of physical characteristics through genes
related to the inheritance of property and rights
"an inherited disease"
"familial traits"
"genetically transmitted features"
"ancestral home"
"ancestral lore"
"hereditary monarchy"
"patrimonial estate"
"transmissible tradition"
If knighthood were hereditary,..from father to son, you would be Sir John now.
出自: T. Hardy
The ruler.., not through hereditary right but through force of personality.
出自: A. Munro