Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ancestral"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ancestral \An*ces"tral\ (?; 277), a.
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor
or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. ``Ancestral trees.''
--Hemans.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ancestral
adj : inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal
rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore";
"hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate";
"transmissible tradition" [syn: {hereditary}, {patrimonial},
{transmissible}]
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