Thesaurus: ancestry
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
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Definitions
- n. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
- n. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
- n. the hereditary derivation of an individual
- n. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- 1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison. 2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
- n:100 n. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline