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Grammar : Adj
Spell : an-ses-truh l
Phonetic Transcription : ænˈsɛs trəl

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Définition of ancestral

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Old French ancestrel (Anglo-French auncestrel), from ancestre (see ancestor). Related: Ancestrally.
  • adj related to previous family or family trait
Example sentences :
  • They come from all parts of the world, in an ancestral sense.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • We turn, like loyal disciples of Taine and Sainte-Beuve, to his ancestral stock.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • "I'll take you up and show you our ancestral hut," declared Bob Martin.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • Any ancestral quality now lost is lost from the line forever.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • Here, after eighteen years, was he again in his ancestral home of Marleigh.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The ancestral calling of the family probably was that of the carpenter.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various
  • Could his fear be attributed to ancestral memory, as Dennison had indicated?
  • Extract from : « Equation of Doom » by Gerald Vance
  • Ancestral: primitive; inherited from an earlier form or ancestor.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Turn to Aeneas with the gifts you bear to me from your ancestral borders.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • As for that matter of ancestral dignity, it gave me no trouble.
  • Extract from : « Dross » by Henry Seton Merriman
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