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ancestral
[ an-ses-truhl ]
/ ænˈsɛs trəl /
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adjective
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Ancaeus, Ancaster, -ance, ancestor, ancestor worship, ancestral, ancestress, ancestry, Anchises, ancho, anchor
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British Dictionary definitions for ancestral
ancestral
/ (ænˈsɛstrəl) /
adjective
of, inherited from, or derived from ancestorshis ancestral home
noun
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
Derived forms of ancestral
ancestrally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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