Origin: Latin suffix -ary
Hereditary has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
"The announcement confirmed that his grandfather would remain the only hereditary member of the new committee, bypassing all elected officials."
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
"an inherited disease"
"familial traits"
"genetically transmitted features"
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
"ancestral home"
"ancestral lore"
"hereditary monarchy"
"patrimonial estate"
"transmissible tradition"
Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
"The estate was entirely hereditary because the deceased had not left a valid will to distribute his assets."