8 sentences with 'hereditary'
Example sentences and phrases with the word hereditary and other words derived from it.
• « Octavian was undoubtedly the architect of the Roman Empire. Unlike his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian eliminated all political rivals and established a permanent hereditary emperor. »
• « From 1438 onwards, the rich and powerful Austrian Habsburg family was able to secure the title and make it virtually hereditary because they were always able to offer the highest bribes to the electors. »
• « They were eventually defeated (legally) by a rival faction, the Tories, who supported the notion of the divine right of kings and hereditary succession. »
• « The second estate, the nobility, was further divided by the elite of titled nobles with hereditary lordships of various kinds (dukes, earls, etc.) and a larger group of lesser nobles who owned land but were not necessarily very wealthy. »
• « Doctors once thought that the only hereditary diseases were haemophilia, certain birth defects and the odd rare condition. But scientific evidence showed that this was not the case. »
• « "Each of us has at least 20 disease-causing genes," says Dr Aubrey Milunsky, an expert in human genetics. "When you take a health history, you shouldn't ask: 'Are there hereditary conditions in your family,' but rather: 'What hereditary conditions run in your family? »
• « Joyce Graff began asking her husband's relatives what genetic diseases ran in the family after a rare hereditary condition killed her husband and began to affect her son. »
• « Hernán Cortés hoped to obtain hereditary privileges for his family, tribute payments and labour from the natives, and an annual pension for his service to the crown. »