Sentence examples for hereditary position from inspiring English sources

Morocco's constitution is based on the hereditary position of the king as "commander of the faithful".

I'm not sure how I managed to miss the fact that leadership of the Labour party is a hereditary position.

Their hereditary position at the apex of our political and social structures is the only thread of British history that he truly understands.

The earl's hereditary position was strengthened by the system of feudal tenure, under which he was also a tenant in chief, holding estates of the crown.

Whether the society was small, with leadership a matter of acquiring influence rather than hereditary position, or larger, with chiefs who were looked on with awe and treated with reverence, every gift or service had to be reciprocated.

He became both a connoisseur and master of calligraphy, possibly studying in his late 30's under Prince Soncho, less for the latter's calligraphic talents than his hereditary position as abbot of the Shoren-in monastery, an important repository of ancient Chinese and Japanese calligraphy.

In 1747, he helped Lord Hardwicke write and pass an act to abolish the old hereditary positions in Scotland.

Since the 15th century, the political power in the city cantons had become more and more concentrated in the hands of a few urban families, who increasingly saw their public offices as hereditary positions and who developed aristocratic and absolutist attitudes.

The British monarchy has only recently ditched male primogeniture, a move rendered mostly academic by a line of firstborn sons, and I don't think we should emulate the Windsors' continuing attachment to hereditary positions.

His family maintains the hereditary priestly position of the Siva temple, and controls all temple properties.

The first member of the Shakkanakku dynasty on the lists is Ididish who was appointed in c. 2266 BC, according to the lists, Ididish ruled 60 years, and was succeeded by his son making the position hereditary.