Ancestral Definition & Meaning

ancestral
adjective
  1. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
  2. of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

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