ancestral

1. An ancestor or forbear.

2. (India)A descendant of one's ancestors.

3. An elderly relative.

4. A genetic precursor.

5. A forerunner; One who was involved in an earlier version of something.

6. An earlier version of something.

7. The spirit of one's ancestor.

8. One who follows, honors, or is attracted to an ancestral tradition.

9. A relationship in which something is a precursor.

1. Tom carries a lot of ancestral trauma.

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2. A mirror is better than an entire row of ancestral portraits.

   ruЗеркало лучше целой череды портретов предков.

   deEin Spiegel ist besser als eine ganze Reihe Ahnenbilder.

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3. Should developers be able to run roughshod over smallholders and ancestral dwellings?

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4. Many of the ancestral rites of this tribe have been lost over time.

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5. They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.

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