ancestral
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestorsOf, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors.
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» Tom carries a lot of ancestral trauma.
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Examples
22 sentencesTom carries a lot of ancestral trauma.
A mirror is better than an entire row of ancestral portraits.
ruЗеркало лучше целой череды портретов предков. — marafon
deEin Spiegel ist besser als eine ganze Reihe Ahnenbilder. — Esperantostern
Should developers be able to run roughshod over smallholders and ancestral dwellings?
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors.
an ancestral estate
one’s ancestral home
Ahnen-, Vorfahren-, angestammt
пото́мственныйpotómstvennyj
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
Origin
From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”), equivalent to ancestor + -al.From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”), equivalent to ancestor + -al.
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent:hereditarypatrimonialtransmissible
Word family
12 related wordsSee also
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