s occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
s inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
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n a privileged class holding hereditary titles n the most powerful members of a society
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United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
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n a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right n the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries
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(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus
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a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth n
