All 4 Uses of
hereditary
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- To speak plainly, the matter implicates the great House of Ormstein, hereditary kings of Bohemia.†
Chpt 1 *
- Your Majesty had not spoken before I was aware that I was addressing Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein, and hereditary King of Bohemia.†
Chpt 1
- It is a hereditary matter; so in order to give you an idea of the facts, I must go back to the commencement of the affair.†
Chpt 5
- Violence of temper approaching to mania has been hereditary in the men of the family, and in my stepfather's case it had, I believe, been intensified by his long residence in the tropics.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(hereditary) passed from parent to child