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ancestral [ænˈsɛstrəl] adj of, inherited from, or derived from ancestors his ancestral home n
(Philosophy / Logic) Logic a relation that holds between x and y if there is a chain of instances of a given relation leading from x to y. Thus the ancestral of parent of is ancestor of, since x is the ancestor of y if and only if x is a parent of…a parent of…a parent of y ancestrally adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
ancestral adjective inherited, hereditary, patriarchal, antecedent, forefatherly, genealogical, lineal, ancestorial the family's ancestral home Translations ancestral ancestral [ænˈsɛstr/əl] adj (of family) → avito/a; (of former times) → ancestrale, atavico/a ancestral home → casa avita How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Have not I resolved within myself that the whole earth contains no fitter ornament for the great hall of my ancestral castle? "Milk and honey" would have been an appropriate inscription for the delicious little library which parents who, I surmised, doted on Nicolete in vain, had allowed her to build in a wild woodland corner of her ancestral park, half a mile away from the great house, where, for all its corridors and galleries, she could never feel, at all events, spiritually alone. Natasha and Nicholas often noticed their parents conferring together anxiously and privately and heard suggestions of selling the fine ancestral Rostov house and estate near Moscow. |
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