Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HE-RED'IT-A-RY
HE-RED'IT-A-RY, a. [Fr. hereditaire; It. ereditario. See Heir.]
- That has descended from an ancestor. He is in possession of a large hereditary estate.
- That may descend from an ancestor to an heir; descendible to an heir at law. The crown of Great Britain is hereditary.
- That is or may be transmitted from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride; hereditary bravery; hereditary disease.
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