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Thesaurus: ancestral

Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

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  1. a. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
  2. adj. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
  3. adj. of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
  4. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.
  5. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestoror ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.
  6. j:100 s. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent a. of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor