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Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

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  1. n. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
  2. n. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
  3. n. the hereditary derivation of an individual
  4. n. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  5. 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.
  6. n:100 n. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline