ancestral

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/ See IPA manual

Freq #16116

Meanings

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

Ancestral home.

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1 adj · inherited or inheritable by... transmissible

More familial traditionary

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ancestral home
a family dwelling passed down from earlier generations

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

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