Ancestral Definition

ăn-sĕstrəl
adjective
Of, relating to, or evolved from an ancestor or ancestors.
American Heritage
Of or inherited from an ancestor or ancestors.
Webster's New World

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

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Origin of Ancestral

  • Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”).

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Ancestral Sentence Examples

  • Ancestral estate was 'strictly tied to the family.

  • In other respects the palaeotheres resemble the ancestral horses.

  • The city of Bamberg grew up around the ancestral castle of the family.

  • These ancient Exopterygota were synthetic in type, and included insects that may, with probability, be regarded as ancestral to most of the existing orders.

  • The resulting matches will include trees from the Pedigree Resource, the International Genealogical Index and the Ancestral File.

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Words Starting With

AANANC

Words Ending With

LALRAL

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Words Starting With A and Ending With L

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With A9 Letter Words Ending With L