hereditary

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

1. 1
   Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
2. 2
   Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
3. 3
   Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
4. 4
   Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
5. 5
   Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.

Noun

1. 1
   A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.