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hereditaments

hereditaments is the plural of hereditament.

Meaning of hereditament

Noun

hereditament (plural hereditaments)

  1. Property which can be inherited.
    • The captain […] had been greatly enamoured; that is to say, of Mr Allworthy's house and gardens, and of his lands, tenements, and hereditaments[…].1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1979, page 25
  2. Inheritance; the act of inheriting.

Questions about hereditaments

What is hereditaments the plural of?
Hereditaments is the plural of hereditament.

Words near hereditaments in the dictionary

  1. hereditabilities
  2. hereditability
  3. hereditable
  4. hereditably
  5. hereditament
  6. hereditaments
  7. hereditarian
  8. hereditarianism
  9. hereditarianisms
  10. hereditarianist
  11. hereditarianists

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