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Ancestors

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Ancestors
See also father; heredity; mother; origins; parents; race.

archaism
an inclination toward old-fashioned things, speech, or actions, especially those of one’s ancestors. Also archaicism. — archaist, n. — archaistic, adj.
atavism
the reappearance in the present of a characteristic belonging to a remote ancestor. — atavist, n. — atavistic, adj.
lemures
Ancient Rome. the malevolent ghosts or spirits of a family’s dead ancestors.
matriliny
descent through the female line, as in ancestry, inheritance, etc. — matrilineal, matrilinear, adj.
patriliny
relationship or descent by the male line, as in ancestry, inheritance, etc. — patrilineal, patrilinear, adj.
propositus
the person from whom a line of descent originates.
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" The Fox replied, "You have chosen a most appropriate subject for your falsehoods, as I am sure none of your ancestors will be able to contradict you.
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"These are our ancestors, and their history is our history.
Before Adam by London, Jack View in context
] Such a birth requires, as its antecedents, not only a series of carefully arranged intermarriages, but also a long, continued exercise of frugality and self-control on the part of the would-be ancestors of the coming Equilateral, and a patient, systematic, and continuous development of the Isosceles intellect through many generations.
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