hereditary vs patrimonial

hereditary and patrimonial both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hereditary	No	Yes	No	No
patrimonial	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, hereditary and patrimonial are synonyms defined as:

hereditary and patrimonial: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

Other synonyms of hereditary include ancestral, transmissible.

hereditary (adjective)	patrimonial (adjective)
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity	inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent