ancestral

C2 Topic:Law & Government
US /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/
adj Freq #16116

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

    Ancestral home.

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Synonyms
1 adj · inherited or inheritable by... transmissible
Word family
Related forms ancestry

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”).

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