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ancestral

/ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/adjective3 syllables

Ancestral means: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent.

Synonyms for ancestral5

adjective, as in inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible, inheritable, heritable

What does ancestral mean?2

adjective

1

inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent“ancestral home”

2

of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with ancestral?1

three syllables

orchestral
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Ancestral in a sentence

  • They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.Lumi_alt
  • A mirror is better than an entire row of ancestral portraits.unknown
  • Should developers be able to run roughshod over smallholders and ancestral dwellings?halfb1t
  • Many of the ancestral rites of this tribe have been lost over time.Eccles17
  • Ancestral principles and values ​​are disrespected and trivialized.carlosalberto
  • If Bruno dies, his entire ancestral line dies, too.Amastan
  • This is the ancestral territory of the Navajo people.Amastan
  • They know that Algeria is their ancestral home.Amastan

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