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Meaning of "were hereditary"
were hereditary: Describes traits, characteristics, or conditions that are passed down from one generation to another through genetic inheritance
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These castes were hereditary and fixed.
Feudal land grants and obligations were hereditary.
Some priesthoods were hereditary to certain families.
You talk as if a severe chill were hereditary.
Leadership positions were hereditary and were sometimes held by women.
Certain titles and positions were hereditary.
They were hereditary witches who could communicate with spirits.
Only the civil chiefs were hereditary.
Both were hereditary honorary citizens.
These posts were hereditary.
They were hereditary stewards to the Kings of Connacht.
The duties allocated to these persons were hereditary offices held earlier by their forefathers.
The titles of the Orang Besar Berempat were hereditary.
Many of them were hereditary enemies.
Nonetheless, these titles were then passed down within families as if they were hereditary peerages.
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Heads of the noble houses were hereditary members of these assembly of nobles.
According to the Kamauli grant, these positions were filled by Brahmanas and were hereditary.
These were hereditary positions.
He belonged to the family of O'Cuill who were hereditary poets in Munster.
The two cardinals were hereditary enemies and would be an effective check on each other.
In the early 17th century the barons of Authon were hereditary seneschals of Saintonge.
They were hereditary Wildgraves of Bakony.
For many successive generations they were hereditary Sheriffs of Aberdeen and Forfar.
Under the Old Testament law, the offices of the priests and Levites were hereditary.
Those were hereditary.
You know, I never knew haircuts were hereditary.
The traditions of the kathakas were hereditary and dances passed from generation to generation.
Is that so? You know, I never knew haircuts were hereditary.
In feudal Japan the Samurai were hereditary warriors who followed a code of behavior called bushido.
Probably, as Garcilaso declares, theirs were hereditary occupations.
He told me there were hereditary illnesses in the valley… affecting the mountain children.
The castle was controlled by the Ōuchi clan, who were hereditary retainers of the Ishibashi.
Sima 's family were hereditary historians to the Han emperor.
The Ó Caisides were originally a medical family, who were hereditary physicians to the Maguires.
Fudai daimyō were hereditary vassals of Ieyasu, as well as of his descendants.
The Khovrins, as they came to be known, were hereditary treasurers of Muscovy.
The O'Dolans were hereditary brehons of Leinster and sited here.
Russell, Haldane, and Grey were hereditary peers.
The Sakakibara were hereditary retainers of the Matsudaira ( later Tokugawa ) clan, classified as fudai.
Krank, you have got such a face, as if murder, too, were hereditary.
The Vellatiri rajas were hereditary enemies of the Samoothiri.
The Toki were hereditary shugo ( Governors ) of Mino province until the 16th century.
The senior offices were hereditary to clans, but not families.
It seems that the counts were hereditary holders, holding their land before Duklja annexed Raška.
Their ancestors were hereditary historians, poets, and scribes.
Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Ōta were hereditary vassals ( fudai daimyō ) of the Tokugawa clan.
The Counts of Badeni were hereditary peers of the Austrian House of Lords until 1918.
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Hereditary offices or privileges shall not be recognized
Leprosy is not hereditary nor easily transmittable
Hereditary monarchy was the prevailing form of government
